Holidays - The Joy and the Pain

[East Lake II]

Holidays - the joy and sadness of holidays.

Holidays are great.

Holidays are a pain.

Nice to have time off work and spend time with family and loved ones. Painful to not see spa favorites as often as I’d like. And, painful to sit and listen to the sad lonely lives of friends and family.

Saddest of all is listening to friends and family tell of how lonely they are and how they long for female companionship and an emotional connection and attachment.

If only they knew of the great adventure that awaits them in a spa just around the corner in their neighborhood. The possibilities are limitless and very rewarding but I’m sure not going to say anything. Wish I could but I’m not. Just wouldn’t be wise.

Spas are truly an incredible blessing and one I give thanks for daily.

Too bad spas can’t go on a perception management campaign and let all know of the vast amount of good they are doing for society and can do for those with physical, social, emotional, educational, … needs. The offerings in spas in mind blowing.

 

[charliebrown]

Damned EL!!! I was hoping I wouldn't have to deal with this until I am stuffed into a seniors home.

The sadness is that most friends and family I know probably do not have the money to visit spas on a regular basis.

I am giving thanks every day for the amazing providers I have, am and will spend time with. I am also giving thanks for all of the blessing bestowed on me to afford this hobby when it was needed.

 

[Don Hollinger]

The time between Thanksgiving and Lunar New Year is the low season for my companions, but I'll hit them up when they're around. Call me Mr. Simp, but they need that rest anyway.
And although they like Xmas gifts the red envelope with a few extra bucks is a bigger deal to them.

 

[markkennedy]

Hah you guys hit it on the head! The thing I hate most about the holidays is seeing family and friends who have had a whole year since our last meeting to get their shit together and just haven't. Is like watching Friday the 13th marathon, and somehow thinking "ok, in THIS one, they'll finally kill Jason," and then realizing it's more fun to watch him not die. In recent years since our children have been out of the home, we have reduced our holiday visits to people we choose to visit, backburnering the ones who we just can't stand to watch kill themselves in super slow motion. Some of those holiday events are like watching youtube movies but live. Getting to hear about, for the tenth year in a row, your cousin's "jewelry business" she swears she's going to start, is not my idea of a great party. A bunch of glass beads and a wire sitting in a box since last year is not a jewelry business.

Spas absolutely DO have the perception campaign! I evangelize about the hobby to anyone who will listen, mostly because IDGAF and it's normal conversation like if you found a lamp store you particularly enjoyed you might tell everyone about it. Problem for AMPs is as @charliebrown says, most friends and family are not as well off that they can partake in the endless joys that await in the AMP. Hobby is not in reach for most people, whether for financial reason or they are ashamed or they just can't figure out how to get away from their family for an hour.

For the rest of us, the joy is that our favorite AMPs and girls are less busy, and much much more willing to try something new. If there's a special someone you've been dying to ask something super naughty, this might be the time... for some JOY!

Not sure if intentional, but this topic title reminded me of the 7th most corny song in history:

 

[Handsome Matt]

Hah you guys hit it on the head! The thing I hate most about the holidays is seeing family and friends who have had a whole year since our last meeting to get their shit together and just haven't. Is like watching Friday the 13th marathon, and somehow thinking "ok, in THIS one, they'll finally kill Jason," and then realizing it's more fun to watch him not die. In recent years since our children have been out of the home, we have reduced our holiday visits to people we choose to visit, backburnering the ones who we just can't stand to watch kill themselves in super slow motion. Some of those holiday events are like watching youtube movies but live. Getting to hear about, for the tenth year in a row, your cousin's "jewelry business" she swears she's going to start, is not my idea of a great party. A bunch of glass beads and a wire sitting in a box since last year is not a jewelry business.

Spas absolutely DO have the perception campaign! I evangelize about the hobby to anyone who will listen, mostly because IDGAF and it's normal conversation like if you found a lamp store you particularly enjoyed you might tell everyone about it. Problem for AMPs is as @charliebrown says, most friends and family are not as well off that they can partake in the endless joys that await in the AMP. Hobby is not in reach for most people, whether for financial reason or they are ashamed or they just can't figure out how to get away from their family for an hour.

For the rest of us, the joy is that our favorite AMPs and girls are less busy, and much much more willing to try something new. If there's a special someone you've been dying to ask something super naughty, this might be the time... for some JOY!

Not sure if intentional, but this topic title reminded me of the 7th most corny song in history:

What are the top 6 please?

 

[dirkjones]

Holidays - the joy and sadness of holidays.

Holidays are great.

Holidays are a pain.

Nice to have time off work and spend time with family and loved ones. Painful to not see spa favorites as often as I’d like. And, painful to sit and listen to the sad lonely lives of friends and family.

Saddest of all is listening to friends and family tell of how lonely they are and how they long for female companionship and an emotional connection and attachment.

If only they knew of the great adventure that awaits them in a spa just around the corner in their neighborhood. The possibilities are limitless and very rewarding but I’m sure not going to say anything. Wish I could but I’m not. Just wouldn’t be wise.

Spas are truly an incredible blessing and one I give thanks for daily.

Too bad spas can’t go on a perception management campaign and let all know of the vast amount of good they are doing for society and can do for those with physical, social, emotional, educational, … needs. The offerings in spas in mind blowing.

lotta people rather be sad and lonely then patronize prostitutes, it's great you find such bliss from it but sharing your secret may just make them think you're sadder and lonelier. I, for one, will let it die with me to the grave. One thing I am thankful for is my interest in this hobby is waning as I get older. I still enjoy it, but I don't feel that 24/7 compulsion as when I was younger.

 

[Don Hollinger]

lotta people rather be sad and lonely then patronize prostitutes, it's great you find such bliss from it but sharing your secret may just make them think you're sadder and lonelier. I, for one, will let it die with me to the grave. One thing I am thankful for is my interest in this hobby is waning as I get older. I still enjoy it, but I don't feel that 24/7 compulsion as when I was younger.

Just turned 65, haven't lost interest at all. But I get your point.

Seeing one of my regulars, decades younger, tarted up. It's my way of self care at a time of holiday weirdness. That said, I've already lined up my dates for a few weeks--I need lots of self care at my age.

 

[VJLUTZ]

The money I have spent on The Hobby has certainly dented my retirement savings a tad. However, it comes down to this: once I pass a certain age (maybe 75, maybe 85), I doubt that I'll be spending $$ on much except the bare essentials + healthcare. In fact, there is always the possibility I'll end up in a nursing home and sign my life savings away in exchange for care. So, I'd rather lie in my sick bed thinking about all the women I wildly fucked over the years than bemoaning the missed opportunity. Also, none of us knows exactly when we are going to die. For all we know, today could be our last day. It sure would suck to die younger than expected and have our heirs get to spend all our money. Or, even worse, our wives pair up with some asshole who milks then dry (it happens).

In the end, it has to be a balance. If you spend so much money on The Hobby that you end up living in cardboard box, then you are an idiot. However, if you deny yourself basic happiness to you can have a bigger bank balance (which you never end up spending), you are also an idiot (though maybe not as much an idiot as the former). Your level of comfort may vary, but you need to know what the boundaries are and stay within that.

 

[Tikelegacy]

Worst time of the year for me with my mistresses as they get all shitty feeling lonely that I’m away with my family.