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justsomeguy42
02-11-2010, 10:05 PM
I have to mostly agree with Lexi_girl, in that living off of family money comes with strings.

If you have a trust fund, you come from a family with a lot of money. You've probably lived in a mostly consequence free environment. I.E, not the real world.
You also got a nice car in high school, and a better one after your parents know that you aren't going to crash it. Essentially, everything is paid for. Concerts, going out, travel to islands and Europe, all covered along with the hefty drink bills. Also, there is plenty of money for recreational drugs.
However, not all trust funds kick in at 18, or 21. As in, you don't get control of the funds at that point. At some point your parents want you to live in "the real world." So they cut you off. You have to work, and considering that you've never had to make money, suddenly living off a low wage sucks. Complete lifestyle change, and worse, you can't go out as much or spend as much.
A trust fund kid might get into dancing for at least any reason: to maintain the cash flow and and keep spending, or to do it in "secret" until the parents find out, say "oh my god, what kind of parent have I been," and start the cash flowing again or release the money from the trust fund. Or, maybe the dancer is just someone with a sense of adventure, trying to see a part of the real world.
Pretty much everyone I know who got their trust fund when they were 18-21 have blown all or a fair chunk of it on travel, weed, and eventually way too much coke.

I don't mean to generalize, but if I had mine dumped on me when I was 18, it would all be gone by now.

Back to Lexi_girl's comment, it is difficult to live with money provided by family. Family money, as with all large sums of money given out, always comes with strings. Anyone here ever receive a substantial amount of money from family with no strings?

Razzle
02-13-2010, 06:56 AM
I'd be one of them. If it weren't for this damn hip injury, my ass would be dancing. I have a wonderful day-job and a man who's offered to support me. Doesn't matter - I'd still be dancing.

For some girls, it's just something we love doing. For me, it's literally a part of who I am.


This makes me want to visit you even more. }:D When exactly are you working during Feb. 27-March 4th again????? HAHAHAHAHAHAA. :-[

shasta
02-13-2010, 07:02 AM
I don't know Lady Gaga's story, but just because your family has money doesn't mean they are going to give it to you.

audrey_k
02-13-2010, 08:41 AM
I really don't know.

Seriously, there are thousands of other jobs a person could do... and with unlimited funds, you would have access to the education and opportunity to pursue them. Maybe some girls just really love this job, but most girls I meet do not. They're either stripping because they have no other options, they're saving up for something, or the job has spoiled them and they don't want to do anything else. Or they're party girls having fun haming up the "I'm a bad girl :-D!!" image.

jack0177057
02-15-2010, 12:10 PM
^^^ Audrey, I like how you worded your comment. I think it is right on target with my question.

Over and over again, I read posts with a sentiment like this - "We don't like grinding on you. In fact, we don't enjoy any aspect of the encounter with you, and your jokes are lame. We only do what we do for the money."

Naturally, my question followed: "Why would someone with access to unlimited money do this?" I unwittingly offended some dancers, who responded with comments like, "Why do assume that we only dance for money,... that we don't have any other skills or options and have to resort to dancing?" (I never implied such a thing.)

To be fair, there have been some sensible comments, like - "Its my parents money, not my money," which then led me to the next question - Isn't it easier to get money from your parents, than to hustle it from strangers? Most rich kids have no problem getting/letting their parents pay for their education, nice clothes for their interviews, down payment on their first house, help landing their first job, pulling strings here and there, etc. In fact, most rich kids feel "entitled" to such parental support, because their parents received the same support from their rich parents, etc. In my case, my parents were poor, but nevertheless, they helped me out as much as they could throughout my higher education. I didn't have to work while at school, except during the summer. (I did, however, incur substantial student loans.)

If some women enjoy erotic dancing/performing, and would do it, even with $5 million in their bank account, that's awesome... But, I gather that this is a very small minority, based on the ubiquitous SW Pink-to-Blue comment - "I don't enjoy performing for you, I only do it to get your money."

Also, my conclusion here is that there is something unique about dancers (or women in that line of work) that makes them extremely self-reliant and independent. While most rich kids are perfectly content to receive parental support, most of the dancers here have expressed a very deep rejection of such concept.

miabella
02-15-2010, 05:37 PM
there hasn't been a rich kid post that i could see in this thread. having money set aside for college in a 'trust fund' is middle-class/aspirational working-class, and can come from lower-class things like selling a house or from working *for* rich people as a professional.

money and class status have a complex relationship. having money saved up doesn't necessarily mean one is of an upper class, and lacking money doesn't necessarily mean one is poor.

when i see someone who actually is sitting on 200 years of vintage east-coast family money or 200 years of vintage baja or texas ranching money say 'yeah, i love this dancing naked thing', then that person would be an example of what you were seeking. what you got was a lot of middle class/bourgeoisie responses. which is sociologically interesting itself, but not really what you were originally asking about.

i do find the class boundaries that demarcate stripping and other sexwork very interesting, particularly how fixed they appear to be.

rubyredlipsss
02-15-2010, 06:10 PM
^^ there's also a difference between having a trust-fund and using it for college and responsible things. my mother is a very smart businesswoman and has taught me how invest, use my money for beneficial things and work for my money. Maybe that's a working-class mindset, but I don't come from a family that just acquired money from working hard and saving. I think those of us who did post, maybe didn't want to go into all the details of where our money comes from and how much we have...but more of a brief overview. yeah, i don't need to dance but from a psychological standpoint i became sick of being so dependent on my family...when i was younger that dependency translated into other aspects of my life, expecting friends, boyfriends and family to just give me whatever...it wasn't a trait that i was happy with so I started working.

I understand the difference between class and money, I live in an area where the majority of people are middle to lower class but have a lot of money...as well as have studied it in school.

miabella
02-16-2010, 06:06 PM
yeah, your description of your family stuffs and your own reaction to investment income is middle-class quite solidly. professional middle class, but not upper class.

i wonder now if there's been a measurable shift in the class demographics of strippers over the last couple of decades (i.e., since the dawn of the gentlemen's club era). oh well, a phd thesis for someone other than me.

rubyredlipsss
02-16-2010, 06:24 PM
it's a bit debatable in our society in regards to the class system. i chose not to discuss where the money came from. i mentioned, for example, my great grandmother who owned a jazz club, but the real money came from my great-grandfathers side from oil. all of that money has continued to support my great grandfather and the other members of my family. there are some prominent members in my family that i would rather not openly discuss on the internet.

from what i know, i don't see how this puts me in middle-class...investments of old money is not uncommon practice for upper-class, after all, it is about maximizing their money.

i think it's difficult to judge on the basis of a couple of posts considering people aren't going to detail all of their money openly on the internet, at least i won't.

miabella
02-16-2010, 11:20 PM
oil money isn't old money unless it's rockefeller oil money. anything else is too recent (like running a jazz club-- totally nouveau riche kinda deal).

certainly one can only note what people choose to say and it's completely reasonable to be discreet about income sources online.

i just find the class aspects related to this line of work pretty interesting, although not enough to make an academic career out of it (not that there is a lack of material-- it is certainly a ripe enough area for exploration).

rubyredlipsss
02-17-2010, 04:55 AM
well my great-grandmother i don't believe actually made much money off of it, considering the wealth was on my great-grandfathers side. i don't know how old has to be but in my family it's a rough estimate of about 100 years. i was using those as examples to show how women chose to work even though they didn't need because they found fulfillment out of their careers. do i find fulfillment stripping? no, but i want to work....without too much of a busy schedule, there's bartending, waitressing or stripping, i chose the latter, i guess i'm oblivious as to why it's perplexing.

but i think you raise some interesting points about class. it would be interesting to find out dancers thoughts on class, how it changes their class 'standing' if at all and the effects of the overall dynamics of our class system newly acquired big money from the sex industry.

justreggie
06-17-2011, 07:51 AM
I knew a girl who did it to hide a shopping addiction. Her parents started rationing her money to keep her from going overboard on shopping, so instead of being reasonable, she worked as a stripper. That lead to a plastic surgery addiction, which lead to becoming a call girl.

Her parents eventually cut her off from her trust fund. Now she is a craig's list hooker. She asked me how I could go from making all the money as a dancer to being a $30K a year employee. I told her that I saved my dancing money and paid off my debts so that I could quit comfortably.

She couldn't wrap her mind around not spending tons of cash on designer everything. Her response to me was "I just don't know how you can do it." Her implied meaning was that she can't see herself shopping at Walmart or buying things second hand. She would feel humiliated to have to wear discount clothing.

My wife stripped during college before we met. She had it all paid but did it for spending money. I thought it was hot but she didn't tell me till three months of dating. Nervous then I said, "Really? That's kinda hot." It was in the late 1980s, away at college, no one knew type thing.

yoda57us
06-17-2011, 08:55 AM
Maybe you could contribute to a thread that hasn't been dead for a year or more? Just sayin...

hf487
06-17-2011, 09:04 AM
I'd be one of them. If it weren't for this damn hip injury, my ass would be dancing. I have a wonderful day-job and a man who's offered to support me. Doesn't matter - I'd still be dancing.

For some girls, it's just something we love doing. For me, it's literally a part of who I am.

I agree, Ive Left dancing behind many times but always come back because i love it, the interaction, the dancing on stage its fun to me!!!
and theres always a few kool girls i meet from dancing
i could go on but for some of us we just like the lifestyle.... i guess depending on which one u choose
I dance, I make my money and i come home! :)

xGigi
06-17-2011, 09:21 AM
well not speaking on behalf of lady gaga, but minimum wage jobs are getting harder to find. I worked in the food service industry for years. nowadays every 8 dollar an hour job expects you to bust your ass to turn as much profit as possible. the last job I had, they were cutting everyone's hours and making sure every shift was as understaffed as possible while still being able to operate.

if you're young and pretty why not dance while you got it? if you're comfortable doing it why does it matter if your family is rich or poor? extra cash cannot hurt you.

camille27
06-17-2011, 03:45 PM
i really like the phrase "like running a jazz club"

SnuffleUffleGrass
06-17-2011, 04:21 PM
A dear friend of mine stripped and escorted even though her family was rich because she had mental problems & her family wanted her to take meds for them and live a certain lifestyle...She rebelled and ran off. If her issues hadn't been so severe she would still be dancing and making a lot of money. She is very beautiful.

& tbh her family was right to put conditions on her, they gave her a trust payment when she was 18 and she blew it all in 3 months.

Life, truth- stranger than fiction

justreggie
06-18-2011, 08:34 AM
Would you be working as a stripper if you were part of a very rich family?

Lady Gaga was from a very rich family when she started started stripping. She said an an interview, “I was working in strip clubs when I was 18. Girls from my background weren’t meant to turn into someone like me. I come from a wealthy Italian family, went to a good [roman Catholic] school... I moved out of home, wouldn’t take any help from my parents and supported myself with waitressing jobs and stripping... I discovered a real personal freedom through it... I was drawing huge crowds, setting hairspray alight on stage and dancing madly."

I'm sure there are other dancers that strip because of the "personal freedom" and attention they get living the dancer lifestyle, but I'm wondering - What percentage of you would still be stripping if your parents were mega-rich and you could have anything you wanted by merely playing the role of "good rich girl" in front of your parents (and bad rich brat behind their backs)?

Lady Gaga is full of shit. She's hustling. She originally claimed, my sons told me, her dad paid for an apt for a year for her to break into singing. Gaga's handlers tell her what to say and the PR machine knows how to work her fans. She also claims orgasms by imagination too.

Aurora_Sunset
06-18-2011, 09:57 AM
I think a trust-fund baby would do it for the reasons of any other stripper - they want to see what it's like, they want to support themselves even if they have mommy and daddy's money, or they have some sort of addiction...

I would love to be rich and not have to work as a sex worker anymore. I don't mind what I do, but I'd rather do something easier or not work at all and just enjoy life with some volunteer work on the side. But, I would want that wealth to come from my work or dumb luck (like winning the lottery), not from my parents. Money from someone else always comes with strings attached. No matter how easy it is to play "the good little girl" at home and be bad hundreds of miles away, it's never as simple as that. Parents always find a way to find out about something and hold it over your head. When I got my tongue pierced, my parents flipped their shit and threatened to take away my car and all financial help - while I was in college fulltime and could not work the hours to pay my tuition and support myself.... eventually they calmed down, but this is just my example of how anybody who supports you financially feels they have a right to demand how you live your life and it's almost impossible to do everything you want to do without stepping on their toes. With your own money, they can bitch at you if they think you're in the wrong, but who cares? They have no power. That's why even though I could have moved home and lived and eaten for free after college, I chose to stay in my college town and strip/cam to support myself. Some people just hate feeling even remotely obligated to another person for financial support.

And I think the issue of strippers saying "we're here for money" or "this is a job" is a moot point. It doesn't necessarily mean that we wouldn't do it if we didn't absolutely have to. But... it is a job and we are there for money. Even if you didn't have to work your job and even if you didn't hate it/actually liked it, you still wouldn't do it for free - your primary motivation is still money. Even if I didn't have to make any money at the club, I still would be pissed if I was there until 3am and didn't make any money. Anybody doing any job still sees it as a job and doesn't want to waste their time there not getting paid. I am there for money, I do want customers to understand that it's only my job and I usually don't give a crap about them, but that doesn't mean I absolutely despise my job. People who work with computers clearly like working with computers, but holy shit, never ask one of them to help you with a computer problem for free.

CherryonTop
07-17-2011, 04:31 AM
I'm no trustfund baby but I had the financial support (limited, no crazy partying for me) from my parents through college. However, I was drawn to dancing in the same way I've always been drawn to slightly alternative lifestyle choices. I like the 'living on the edge' feeling, the unusual social interactions, the bizarre conversations and confessions. And I love to dance - and I mean LOVE to. I left dancing for 6 months (under partners instructions) and it was the worst decision of my life. I literally shrank as a person, mentally - I lost all my confidence and hated being dependant (I was studying and was seriously struggling to find work) on someone else. After I left him, my parents offered to support me while I got back on my feet (my savings had been chewed up by my partners poor judgements early on in our relationship) and I refused because I needed to do it on my own, so I could feel that sense of independence again. Yes, I could have taken on a 'normal' job, but I would not have been as happy as I am dancing.

Being dependent on someone else wears a person down, and if stripping is something you enjoy, then who's to say you shouldn't do it? It takes all sorts in a club to cater for all people, and without intimate knowledge of a person's background and psychology, it's impossible to guess someone's motives/thought process behing their decisions.

anouk.oui
07-17-2011, 09:13 AM
i think its more of a rebellion thing. def wont gain any approval..

its not a subject im familiar with, i come from piss poor relations and its a miracle i am doing ok.

i had a trust fund baby friend who began dancing after me. she was sortof wild and rebellious and became a dancer coz she was bored and wanted to exercise her dominance over men.
then she became bored with it and left

anouk.oui
07-17-2011, 09:18 PM
now that i think about it, trust fund babies are kinda more reckless than a girl from a family with no money. ive had really rich friends who were alco and drug addicts, used for sex by lots of guys and constantly depressed about their life whilst their fam was behind them 100% but they didnt care it was like almost self-indulgent.
on the other hand, poor kids dont have 'the luxury' to fuck up repeatedly and be self-indulgent about it, theyre more controlled coz they know if they dont make money, their family wont eat. no drama.

still on topic?

charlieH
07-17-2011, 09:27 PM
Ok guys. I usually do not like to disclose this information but it seems appropriate for this thread.

I have a modest trust fund. My parents are not multi-millionaires, and I did not grow up with it. My grandparents set them aside for me and my younger brothers, for the purposes of either paying for college or starting a business. We inherited them a couple years ago after my grandparents died. In addition to this my family has inherited a fairly large sum of money from my grandparents and another relative who died around the same time. My family is not super-rich, but they are now well-off enough to be able to retire and live off passive income(pensions and investment streams).

I chose to become a dancer well after this happened. I love it for the personal freedom it gives me. I have the option not to work and be supported entirely from my trust fund while I am in college, but I don't like to feel like a spoiled rich brat. Dancing has also matured me tremendously. My family knows what I do and supports me-to tell the truth, I think they always suspected that I would end up being a dancer someday. I actually think my relationship with my family has improved drastically because of dancing. My dad even gives me lots of financial advice! (He's a retired accountant) I could honestly go on and on about why I choose to do this and feel it is a good choice for me right now, but I don't want to hog this thread. Just wanted to offer a bit of perspective.

Were in the same boat and thank you for posting this.

luscious sadie
08-04-2011, 04:30 PM
I came from a wealthy family. I was given 600$ /month by my parents for. nothing. I didn't do chores for them. I was just given it because I was given it. Refusing it is how they found out that I was dancing.

I genuinely like dancing and love that I am financially independent. I wouldn't be able to be off the family bankroll if I wasn't a stripper.

cherryblossomsinspring
08-04-2011, 05:49 PM
Well first, not everyone wants to be in their parent's shadow. Secondly knowing that jobs would be handed to you because you know the smiths doesn't make it at all something to look forward to. If anything it would seem boring and mundane to take the cushy job that the parents have lined up for you.

Now stripping opens you to a whole new road of meeting different people from all walks of life. It gets you knee deep into the world around you and brings you away from the expectations of others. I would see it as freedom and a way to say " I don't need your money! because I'm doing it on my own , my way!".

Looking at Lady Gaga , you can see she does do it her way and in her own wild style. But when people label her another pop phase, she gets on the grand piano and shows everyone " yes I'm not just a pop icon now, but I really do know my shit".

mercedes1018
11-03-2012, 01:32 PM
I don't have an actual trust fund. To answer the question, I think it would be very improbable to find a truly RICH person dancing. And by rich I mean Paris Hilton or some such.
I can answer the question from a middle to upper middle class perspective.

When I first started dancing, my dad was sitting on about 100K in savings. He was comfortably retired and a home owner (no mortgage) My mom is/was a small business owner who worked part time, making enough to fund the household expenses, allowing my dad to essentially use his retirement income for leisure only.
I wanted to go back to school. The program I wanted to take was a few thousand dollars and part time.
Except now that I was over the age of twenty (Imagine the horror of someone living at home at 21, going to school and living rent free) my dad would NOT have it. I had a job, I was making enough to pay my car insurance and pay for the luxury items I tend to buy.
He started to demand rent. I couldn't afford both, (pay him market rent and keep my car on the road/have the things I wanted)
So I started stripping to maintain the lifestyle I wanted while going to school.

I eventually moved out, graduated college, and am still dancing at the moment.
I'm still bitter that I had to do this when it wasn't at all necessary and would have involved minimal (if any ) sacrifice on my fathers part.

The moral of the story is, just because parents HAVE money, doesn't mean they will give it to their children.

DreamsInDigital
11-03-2012, 01:55 PM
I wonder why guys have the perspective that dancing is something that we women do because we "have to?"

I have plenty of other skills, and also have the opportunity to work a non-adult industry related job that offers just as much scheduling flexibility as dancing, and quite a good rate of pay. My parents also pay the majority of my bills. I have my own place, but am only responsible for the cost of utilities and whatever I need/want for groceries, etc. No health insurance, car insurance, cell phone bill - they take care of all of those for me.

My main reason for dancing is that I have a hell of a long road of school ahead of me (I'm working towards my MD), and I'm hoping to not have to take out student loans, or a minimal amount of student loans, at least. It seems like the best chance I have of accomplishing my goal. Sure, my parents may help me with that too, but I REALLY don't want to be still depending on them for money when I'm in my 30's! That seems selfish.

That said, I wouldn't be dancing if I didn't enjoy it.

mercedes1018
11-03-2012, 03:46 PM
^ just a thought but you mention working towards your MD without the help of your parents.
I know you say that you don't "have to" do this, but if your parents don't help you with this..what other choices do you have that offer as flexible a schedule, with as much earning potential besides dancing? I'm genuinely curious what job pays hundreds in cash, on the same day, on a drop-in basis?

Obviously I know nothing about your background, so I'll assume you are telling the truth, but most jobs available to students don't offer such perks..so in a sense most of us do (sort of) "have to" if you want to get through school debt free

DreamsInDigital
11-05-2012, 10:52 AM
I didn't say that I had an option to do another job that offers just as much earning potential as dancing. Obviously, that's pretty much impossible. What I was referring to is promotional modeling, which I used to do before dancing. As a promotional model, you are an independent contractor as well, and can basically pick and choose whenever you want to work. Those jobs often pay $20 - $30+ an hour, which, while certainly not is good as dancing, is definitely more than most students (or people in general) can say that they make. They're also fun, and quite often you can go home with boatloads of free stuff (depending on the product you are promoting) in addition to the hourly pay.

simone87
11-05-2012, 11:35 AM
if i had another option that paid as much as stripping than no, i wouldn't have even started considering i was scared shitless to get on that stage as a newbie , and considering that altho my parents are far from rich they are very conservative and i risked getting dis-owned..but i had to so i did. now that i've been doing it for 2 years i love it and i'd do it no matter how rich i was , it fills an inner need i cant quite explain..

pinups4
11-07-2012, 06:03 AM
I had a trust fund. A small one.

I was given no financial education or understanding of 'real life'

College, paid for...i could have traveled but (stupidly) didn't

It gave me security. Started my first few businesses, and i volunteered for 7 years knowing i had the option

It also kept me from alot of businesses (adult) i could have kicked ass at but didnt because of respect for mom and what she was doing for me.

charlotte.
11-09-2012, 11:05 PM
I grew up in a fairly affluent area but I don't know anybody that had a trust fund. I knew lots of spoiled kids whose parents paid for all of their college, cars, generous allowance, but none of them had a trust fund. and the funds also stopped once the kids graduated (aside from generous presents and plane trips back home). I think trust funds really only exist in the 1%, or maybe the .1%, and I've never worked with anyone who came from that amount of money. and the wealthy kids I know that weren't able to get off of their feet immediately after college ended up moving back in with their parents. again, generous parents for allowing the kids to move back in and giving them some spending money, but it's a far cry from independence. had those kids been girls willing to get naked for $$, I'm sure they would have been tempted to start dancing in order to have some REAL spending cash and their own comfortable apartment.

mercedes1018
11-09-2012, 11:30 PM
^ agree. I grew up in one of the wealthiest neighbourhoods in Canada, and I don't know anyone who had a real trust fund..I think this is a stereotype mostly perpetuated by Hollywood.

pinups4
11-09-2012, 11:35 PM
I also think that people hear "trust fund" and they think "wealthy" - trust funds come in all sizes and shapes. As Warren Buffet says - his kids will get enough to do ANYTHING but not enough to do NOTHING.

Very few people have trust funds they can live on. Just add a little coolness...

zivlet
11-09-2012, 11:53 PM
I am from a rich family. Rich by means of hard work-my parents run a successful business, turnover of more than 2million per year, my Mum retired in her forties-then went back to work because she's a workaholic-so she runs the business AND works still for her ex-boss from her previous job, selling his houses. So she works between 2 and four days a week and gets a good wage-equivelent to more than most people in similar jobs make in a five day week, because the boss knows she's good and looks after her. My Dad helps with tenancies and also does all the work on the houses as he's a joiner and general handyman.
But they both retired from the 'rat race' early.
I will inherit at least half the business, I have a half-sister but her Dad is VERY rich, stupidly rich, as in could afford to buy all the houses in his village without thinking about it, rich. I am not sure how they will work it but as my Mum and Dad's only child, I will inherit BIG.
I moved out young because my Dad and I didn't see eye-to eye (another thread altogether) and since then I've been homeless for time, then my Mum took pity and moved me into one of the empty properties that they owned.

Since then I've lived for very little money because I've lived in their houses and just paid either nothing or what I can afford-OR more recently, approx less than half what the mortgages and bills on the modest houses I lived in, cost them to upkeep. They look after me.
At the moment I feel great because living with my Man, I don't 'sponge' any longer-I'm independent. It was a decision I made late-being spoonfed came naturally to me and they never mentioned it unless I had done something badly wrong (caused problems in their house or whatever) or argued with them about other things.
Now I live with my partner. There was never any question about me paying to live with him-see other thread lol his house is SO bad, that I wouldn't dream of it , would rather rent a room in a nice house, off somebody else. But anyway another thread again.
I strip because, sure I could have lived with them until I was of age, moved out, got a job in a 'respectable' field, worked with them in their business and been a good girl.
But stripping is part of me, adult entertainment is where I want to be for the forseeable future.
I think soon, I will move back closer to them because my man and I need to part soon. And then I think at aged 30+, I will feel ready to calm down, my body won't be up to stripping any longer at some point, and I will probably cam alongside helping them with their business-I may even 'repay' by working for them for free and cam only to make my own money-I do not know. But anyway, my story-why even though I had it all on a plate, in theory!It doens't always work like that.

Personally, I'm a lazy bisnich and adult entertainment allows me to sleep in most days, have as much free time as anybody, yet still the equivalent of most people's GOOD fulltime wage. That's why I do it rather than being a good girl, at the moment.

ChefKitty
11-10-2012, 12:15 AM
I had a college gift trust, and as soon as I turned 18 every penny of it went to my school, and still was not enough.
I'm in school currently and I have a deal with my dad concerning financial support, but dancing allows me to have a chance to SAVE money (ever heard of that? me either.) while still living the lifestyle I prefer. I go to school full time and my dad helps me based on the units I carry, plus I dance anywhere from eight to forty hours a week but because of my flexible schedule it is very manageable.

ScarlettJanuary
11-10-2012, 03:32 AM
I have personally witnessed a good friend turning down grocery money from her mom when she was so broke she didn't know where her next meal would come from. The reasoning: the strings that came with the money were not worth it. So, is it possible for a "trust fund baby" to refuse to live by the stipulations that come along with the money or even to flat out refuse money in favour of independence? Absolutely!

Lorna
11-10-2012, 04:47 AM
I have a lot of money, but I'm not a trust fund baby. I inherited a lot of money (about 90k) after my mother died. The money has been invested in an high-interest term deposit account. There aren't any strings-attached, the money is 100% mine and under my control. I can afford to not work for 3-5 years of university as long as I budgeted correctly, but I want to. I haven't officially started doing any sex work yet, but I'm seriously considering it. The reason why I want to work is because I get bored easily, I need some adventure and excitement in my life and extra money never hurt anyone. 90k is not enough to retire early on, which is my ultimate goal (early retirement).

Omegaphallic
11-13-2012, 09:50 AM
I didn't say that I had an option to do another job that offers just as much earning potential as dancing. Obviously, that's pretty much impossible. What I was referring to is promotional modeling, which I used to do before dancing. As a promotional model, you are an independent contractor as well, and can basically pick and choose whenever you want to work. Those jobs often pay $20 - $30+ an hour, which, while certainly not is good as dancing, is definitely more than most students (or people in general) can say that they make. They're also fun, and quite often you can go home with boatloads of free stuff (depending on the product you are promoting) in addition to the hourly pay. That's it, I'm coming back as a hot girl in my next life :p I'm a dude, but I do have a trust fund, not from rich family though and its a pain in the ass to access money from it, my Uncle controls it, so I landscape for cash amoung other things. I can imagine some simular reasoning for Strippers.