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strippername
05-09-2011, 02:49 PM
Can you tell them you work for a promo company, sign up and actually do it a few weekends nights of the month? They pay 15-40 dollars an hour and it is usually really fun work.

hidarlin
05-09-2011, 02:56 PM
Unfortunately, blocking states doesn't always work. On MFC (as well as ImLive, when I worked there) I've had guys in my room who supposedly were also in Maryland. I tell them "Oh, that's cool!," but what I'm really thinking is "Damn, how the fuck did you get in here then?!"

I think blocking works by IP address so if somebody changes their IP . . .

*Jade*Love
05-09-2011, 02:57 PM
Do you have any older friends with children? I always tell people I'm a nanny. Part time, a few days a week, since it's off the books it wouldn't really be hard to prove as long as they could talk to the person you're supposedly nannying for.

How about getting a part time job at a tanning salon? It seems like it would be mellow and you wouldn't have to do much besides wipe down the beds. And you get commission at some places for selling lotions and upgrades, plus a discount :)

hidarlin
05-09-2011, 02:59 PM
Can you say you are giving advice on Keen.com or liveperson? You sign up yourself and you can make your page and show them that

AngelCummings
05-09-2011, 03:11 PM
Can you tell them you work for a promo company, sign up and actually do it a few weekends nights of the month? They pay 15-40 dollars an hour and it is usually really fun work.

that sounds fun but where are they? would i be able to get hired despite not yet completing my bachelor's?

AngelCummings
05-09-2011, 03:12 PM
Can you say you are giving advice on Keen.com or liveperson? You sign up yourself and you can make your page and show them that

great idea! i'm totally looking into that! thanks :)

EDIT: Contractxchange is out for me :( My state hasn't approved their business model and their taxation policies so I can't work there :/

minniesoporno
05-09-2011, 03:15 PM
So, here's the sitch. I recently got a new "vanilla" daytime job, but I hate it already! The pay absolutely sucks, and basically my boss is a slave driver. The ONLY reason I got this job though is because I need a "cover" to tell family and friends, and I couldnt think of anything realistically enough. However, I really want to go back to camming full time instead, I love being able to be my own boss, and I would make probably 10X the money versus what I'm doing now. So does anyone have any ideas of any legit jobs I can use as a viable "cover" so I can start camming full time again? And just saying "internet business" or blogging or something won't cut it, it would be too vague of any answer for my parents, I need something really specific to where if they called then someone would say "oh yes, your daughter is working here". Or some tangible evidence of the "job". Thank you so much for taking the time to read this, I hope someone can help!

Why do you have to go that far for your parents to verify your employment. does it really matter. the fact is your working.

aren't you an adult?

sananeko
05-09-2011, 03:21 PM
I might be late to the party but buy a pottery wheel and say your a artist having a good run. You still get your time and you can tell them you need to be left alone to work.

Also you can always give then little pieces of your work to keep the story up.

strippername
05-09-2011, 03:21 PM
that sounds fun but where are they? would i be able to get hired despite not yet completing my bachelor's?

Yes. PM me or tell me where you live and I'll do a search for you. You don't need a bachelors! You go out and give people samples or crap and wear a little tshirt and shorts/skirt.

minniesoporno
05-09-2011, 03:28 PM
Ladies needing a cover job just say that you do customer service through a company called Contract Xchange.

I used this as a cover for about a year. The site is www.contractxchange.com (http://www.contractxchange.com).


contract xchange will not verify you for employment because your not an employee for them.

AngelCummings
05-09-2011, 03:33 PM
Why do you have to go that far for your parents to verify your employment. does it really matter. the fact is your working.

aren't you an adult?


Yes, it does. I explained all of this earlier in the thread.

:)

minniesoporno
05-09-2011, 03:48 PM
Yes, it does. I explained all of this earlier in the thread.

:)

It sounds like you need to stand up to your parents and tell them to mind thier own business. as for proving your employment when your a webcam model your self employed. you do internet sales and marketing and customer service. it's not that complicated to go out of your way to take on another job just to prove your employement history.

if your going to take on another job then it should be something you want do becuase it will eat your time and mental energy if its not.

Cover up jobs would be something you say you do but don't actually do.

what it seems to me your looking for a second job that you do to fill in the gap in your resume for when you seek out higher employment, which does not need to be that complicated.

I never stressed myself out when it came to webcamming and what will I tell people because it wasn't something to stress about because I knew I was gainfully employment and gaining skills, and have an income.

When I was escorting there was a gap in the resume because I had income but nothing I could articulate of what I was doing, but then I realized it can be, being self employed is a huge septrum and there is no one right away of being self employed. the key thing to do it is providing a product or service or both.

webcamming, escorting, stripping does that. you need to figure out what the transferable skills are for them and use that when your seeking employment.

as for telling people what you do you keep it vague as possible, if they want mroe details you tell you do not want to discuss work. and leave it at that.

strippername
05-09-2011, 04:00 PM
Okay. Since you don't drive I think my idea would be filled with too many lies. We need to find you one simple lie. Simple lie is probably an oxymoron. Customer service?

Maybe this girl can help

http://www.mypinkbook.com/dcforum2/DCForumID42/4048.html

SwanSongs
05-09-2011, 07:14 PM
I work during the day as a freelance writer, personally....I could vouch for you, as I own my own web site, say that you write for it. But for the future, you could say that you do Voice Work at oDesk.com (where I have found a lot of freelance jobs)....they also hire for a variety of occupations there. Also, consider saying that you are a social marketer, and that you promote and network for businesses via sites like Twitter. Or that you get paid to post on forums.
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Honestly though, it's best to be as candid as you are able...I think my parents know what I am doing, at one point in my life, I was going to be a sexy maid, but I backed out at the last minute and told my mom....she knows I would be willing to get into the Adult industry, and on the phone the other day she said "just keep it legal" lol but my parents are pretty liberal!

Odette
05-11-2011, 07:16 PM
Get an interhship or volunteer position and tell everyone that it is paid even if its not. If you can find one in your field of study, that's even better and will also really help you fill that resume gap. That's what I'm doing right now, it's really very simple and is working a lot better than my previous cover as a gay bar waitress. Making up complete fabrications are too easy for nosey people to figure out. I sympathize with you, my family is terribly nosey as well. So nosey that dancing full time just isn't even worth the stress and I'm on the hunt for a legit part time job to use as my cover instead seeing as I can't see the internship thing lasting that long as a viable cover. Is there no way you can make this shitty part time job work in your favour? Tell them you're only available for one or two shifts a week, but tell everyone you work there much more often. You'll still have lots of time to cam working only a couple times a week. Plus I find having a vanilla job makes you appreciate income from dancing more, I haven't had one for a year and becoming quite the spoiled little princess lolz. Good luck with this, I know it's stressful!!!

Hilary
05-12-2011, 01:23 AM
Just do Mary Kay, Arbonne, Avon, Pampered Chef...or sell sex toys as I do. I do home parties and when my parties pay me; I put the money in my bank account. Those bank statements I used for a car, apt., proof of income. Its fun and I do most of the work from home but its the best cover up I've found. Or find a friend that you can trust and have them cover for you. Im sure online theres something you can make fake paystubs...but im sure thats illegal,haha. Or say you are an independant contractor or a nanny....or a friend of mien did go to cosmetology school so she got a reciept book and would make reciepts and say it's for her booth rent....there are little ideas. I wish I never told anyone I cammed and just kept it to myself in the beginning for other reasons...Im in the bible belt,however

TXCamgirl
05-12-2011, 07:33 AM
how do you use this as a cover? do you actually do any work for them? if someone (say, your parents lol) were to call and ask if you were employed there, would the company say yes? or would they act like they didnt know who you are?

I just tell people that I do web design/web mastering and they never ask any further. If they do, I would say it is confidential information.

I do feel bad for you tho that your parents are that nosy! If my parents wanted to call my job to make sure I was working there I would tell them to kiss my butt....seriously. If you are an adult, they really don't have the right to nose into your business like that.

My mom and sisters all know what I do tho... I even got my little sis in to the biz and I got my mom doing porn pics and stuff but she backed out saying "it is too much work"... I was like...umm really? Lazy!

luxi_kitty
06-21-2011, 09:17 AM
BUMP!

eeek I am in this boat now!! didnt think i would be..
thought i could just tell my 16yr old brother (who is off for the summer) to keep hush about me being home all day in my room, where on the flip side i told my mom i was working during the day/afternoon at my other part time job Target..but now shes starting to ask questions like what my schedule is going to be for the following week, and why i needed good internet speed for my laptop and why i wanted a desktop instead of a laptop..she even asked me "Girl, what u up to now??" << she asked this bc she found out i was planning to be a stripper<< she didnt like the idea AT ALL!!

i soooooo suck at lying..and i hate to drag my bro into lying too

what can i say as a cover up for the reason why im home mon-fri in my room 8hrs a day

i DID go to school for 3yrs but dropped out
my major was Fashion Design/Marketing
i do makeup/photography as a hobby

i WAS interested in doing Web design my first yr in college..but i was soo bored in the classes, i switched to Fashion

I DO want to be semi-open about being in the adult industry..i dont think i like doing vanilla jobs, EVER!

what would MY cover job be?
what can i tell her about my secret without being TOO TOO open?
PLEASE PLEASE..
im freaking out
Camming is something im loving, just wish i had my own place to do it! :(

Felicia Fyafly
06-22-2011, 05:42 AM
If you're an MFC gal, you've probably noticed 'mfcxy' on your statements. Well, great news :D It appears they have recently created a discreet website to go with this... http://www.mfcxy.com/ I'm not sure yet if they will return emails or vouch for employment, but it is at least a solid link to direct folks to, and it matches your paycheck, and does not appear to be adult web related! Woop woop

khakigirl
06-22-2011, 09:07 AM
BUMP!

eeek I am in this boat now!! didnt think i would be..
thought i could just tell my 16yr old brother (who is off for the summer) to keep hush about me being home all day in my room, where on the flip side i told my mom i was working during the day/afternoon at my other part time job Target..but now shes starting to ask questions like what my schedule is going to be for the following week, and why i needed good internet speed for my laptop and why i wanted a desktop instead of a laptop..she even asked me "Girl, what u up to now??" << she asked this bc she found out i was planning to be a stripper<< she didnt like the idea AT ALL!!

i soooooo suck at lying..and i hate to drag my bro into lying too

what can i say as a cover up for the reason why im home mon-fri in my room 8hrs a day

i DID go to school for 3yrs but dropped out
my major was Fashion Design/Marketing
i do makeup/photography as a hobby

i WAS interested in doing Web design my first yr in college..but i was soo bored in the classes, i switched to Fashion

I DO want to be semi-open about being in the adult industry..i dont think i like doing vanilla jobs, EVER!

what would MY cover job be?
what can i tell her about my secret without being TOO TOO open?
PLEASE PLEASE..
im freaking out
Camming is something im loving, just wish i had my own place to do it! :(

I responded to your other post on Camming Connection but I thought of something else you could say. You could say that you were hired to edit videos for an adult website (or a "friend" who does webcam modeling). It's partially true and definitely adult-related.

jessijohanna
06-22-2011, 01:33 PM
If you're wanting to be somewhat open about it then possibly build yourself a fetish type site - maybe a foot fetish cam site. Whether or not it makes money it could be something that they'd understand that you wouldn't want to show everyone but at least not too terrible that they'd think you're doing porn. Or hell if not a fetish site - maybe an amazon store. Doesn't matter really if it makes money as long as you have something PG to show people.


BUMP!

eeek I am in this boat now!! didnt think i would be..
thought i could just tell my 16yr old brother (who is off for the summer) to keep hush about me being home all day in my room, where on the flip side i told my mom i was working during the day/afternoon at my other part time job Target..but now shes starting to ask questions like what my schedule is going to be for the following week, and why i needed good internet speed for my laptop and why i wanted a desktop instead of a laptop..she even asked me "Girl, what u up to now??" << she asked this bc she found out i was planning to be a stripper<< she didnt like the idea AT ALL!!

i soooooo suck at lying..and i hate to drag my bro into lying too

what can i say as a cover up for the reason why im home mon-fri in my room 8hrs a day

i DID go to school for 3yrs but dropped out
my major was Fashion Design/Marketing
i do makeup/photography as a hobby

i WAS interested in doing Web design my first yr in college..but i was soo bored in the classes, i switched to Fashion

I DO want to be semi-open about being in the adult industry..i dont think i like doing vanilla jobs, EVER!

what would MY cover job be?
what can i tell her about my secret without being TOO TOO open?
PLEASE PLEASE..
im freaking out
Camming is something im loving, just wish i had my own place to do it! :(

khakigirl
06-22-2011, 01:42 PM
If you're wanting to be somewhat open about it then possibly build yourself a fetish type site - maybe a foot fetish cam site. Whether or not it makes money it could be something that they'd understand that you wouldn't want to show everyone but at least not too terrible that they'd think you're doing porn. Or hell if not a fetish site - maybe an amazon store. Doesn't matter really if it makes money as long as you have something PG to show people.

That reminds me of something else, you could start selling on eBay. In reality, you could be selling panties on Ebanned or another similar site but if someone asks, you sell lingerie on eBay. Heck, you could even do that. There are lots of wholesale sites that don't require much up front and you can set up a very small eBay store ($16/month) and make a little money here and there. It would be something to show your mom (and other nosy relatives) and it would explain why you're shipping out packages all the time. ;)

jessijohanna
06-22-2011, 02:03 PM
I couldn't imagine still living with my parents and trying to cam. Have you thought about finding perhaps another camgirl that needs a roommate? Or perhaps working something out with a friend that has their own place - maybe offer $50 a week to borrow her place while she/he's at work - so you can work.

Also, what about making yourself a profile on Gamecrush.com and just say you're getting played to play video games with guys.


BUMP!

what can i say as a cover up for the reason why im home mon-fri in my room 8hrs a day

i DID go to school for 3yrs but dropped out
my major was Fashion Design/Marketing
i do makeup/photography as a hobby

i WAS interested in doing Web design my first yr in college..but i was soo bored in the classes, i switched to Fashion

I DO want to be semi-open about being in the adult industry..i dont think i like doing vanilla jobs, EVER!

what would MY cover job be?
what can i tell her about my secret without being TOO TOO open?
PLEASE PLEASE..
im freaking out
Camming is something im loving, just wish i had my own place to do it! :(

redhead85
06-22-2011, 02:11 PM
I didn't read everyone's ideas.. but I would just say you are a personal assistant. Coome up with some shit about the person, they are paying you to run errands, schedule, and whatnot. Say they are in real estate or event planning, so you are rarely ever in the office and go around with them a lot. That is what I would do if I had to do that.

Maina
06-22-2011, 08:15 PM
I know what you are going through I have to lie to my family too and IT SUCKS!!!! I hate lying they ask questions and I feel so awful lying!!! Well one thing you can do is say you work from home. A makeup artist is a really good cover. Or think of something else you could believably do from home. Say you sell on Ebay, house sit, babysit, walk dogs, garbage pick. There are a billion ways you can make money from home (too bad none of them work!) Good luck and I feel your pain!

FiendishGyrator
06-23-2011, 02:25 AM
BUMP!

eeek I am in this boat now!! didnt think i would be..
thought i could just tell my 16yr old brother (who is off for the summer) to keep hush about me being home all day in my room, where on the flip side i told my mom i was working during the day/afternoon at my other part time job Target..but now shes starting to ask questions like what my schedule is going to be for the following week, and why i needed good internet speed for my laptop and why i wanted a desktop instead of a laptop..she even asked me "Girl, what u up to now??" << she asked this bc she found out i was planning to be a stripper<< she didnt like the idea AT ALL!!

i soooooo suck at lying..and i hate to drag my bro into lying too

what can i say as a cover up for the reason why im home mon-fri in my room 8hrs a day

i DID go to school for 3yrs but dropped out
my major was Fashion Design/Marketing
i do makeup/photography as a hobby

i WAS interested in doing Web design my first yr in college..but i was soo bored in the classes, i switched to Fashion

I DO want to be semi-open about being in the adult industry..i dont think i like doing vanilla jobs, EVER!

what would MY cover job be?
what can i tell her about my secret without being TOO TOO open?
PLEASE PLEASE..
im freaking out
Camming is something im loving, just wish i had my own place to do it! :(

Can you say you're doing web-design and portfolio editing for models and photographers?

nikkidarling
06-24-2011, 05:35 AM
How about marketing, consulting or customer service? I would probably avoid website designer or e-commerce business - someone may get curious and ask to see your work or merchandise. :)

WorkerBee
06-27-2011, 06:10 PM
Become the AVON or Mary Kay lady.

Thread closed.

sweetheather
06-27-2011, 07:14 PM
I told my parents I moderate an adult website. Kinda true aha

luxi_kitty
06-27-2011, 07:34 PM
Become the AVON or Mary Kay lady.

Thread closed.

umm
THREAD OPEN

that cover STILL doesnt explain why im on the computer all day in my room
i was an Avon lady before..my mom knows whats needed to be done and not..:-X

luxi_kitty
06-27-2011, 07:35 PM
I told my parents I moderate an adult website. Kinda true aha

LOL
haha yeah i was thinking this too

HEY what details did u tell them?
like what do u do all day?
what kind of pay do u so call make an hr?
i ll tell her i moderate Streamate ::)

sweetheather
06-27-2011, 07:42 PM
I told them I work for an adult website, moderating the chats and ensuring that girls don't get harassed in their free chat. I didn't mention an exact amount, but said it's more than my last job, which was $11 an hour.

WorkerBee
06-27-2011, 07:45 PM
umm
THREAD OPEN

that cover STILL doesnt explain why im on the computer all day in my room
i was an Avon lady before..my mom knows whats needed to be done and not..:-X

AVON ladies have their own AVON pages now.
Say you spend all day e-marketing, e-training, and e-recruiting for you AVON page.

Mindy Bares All
06-29-2011, 05:10 PM
Get a retail job that would allow you to work only like 10 hours a week. And say that you're there all the time, and that you work in the back, processing or something. And then you're not lying when you say that you work at Forever 21, because you do. ;)

luxi_kitty
06-30-2011, 11:33 AM
Get a retail job that would allow you to work only like 10 hours a week. And say that you're there all the time, and that you work in the back, processing or something. And then you're not lying when you say that you work at Forever 21, because you do. ;)

haha :P
i thought i posted that i was already working part time at Target and i am already lying to her about "working" during the day
im trying to come up with a cover job as to why im at HOME all day mon-fri

so it d have to be computer/online related:-\

tashataboo
06-30-2011, 10:17 PM
I'm posting an article I wrote for a cam girl site I used to have about this. Sorry, I didn't have time to read all the posts, so some may be repeated.

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The money you’ll earn working on web cam can be great, and it’s very likely that you may consider quitting your day job after a while. How will you explain to all of those inquiring minds in your life exactly how you make money staying home all day?

Tell them to mind their own damned business. Just kidding. I assume that if you are asking yourself this question, then you have some concerns about your family or friends judging you. Or perhaps, you will tell those close to you, but you don’t want associates or people you just meet to be all up in your business. It’s true that many people wouldn’t understand about your new sexy career, so let me offer you some tips on handling this question.

Option 1: Tell the truth. Be prepared for any number of negative responses such as, being called a slut, being told it’s wrong, a sin, dangerous, and the list goes on. As long as you are comfortable with what you do and secure in who you are--never forget that who you are doesn’t change no matter what you do for a living--comments from critics are irrelevant. If you simply don’t want to be bothered with negative feedback, it’s time to use option 2.

Option 2: Here’s how a typical conversation goes when someone I don’t want to tell asks me what I do...

Them: So, what do you do?

Me: I do online customer service from home.

Them: What?

Me: It’s easy, it’s just like a customer service job with a regular company, except I can do it from home on the computer.

Them: For what company?/How does that work?

Me: I freelance for different ones. Some pay by check, some pay by paypal. You can check out a few places online such as, workingsol.com, liveperson.net, westathome.com. WAHM.com is a great resource to use if you’re looking for more info on how work from home. WAHM stands for work at home moms.

I like to close out with the wahm.com plug, because it proves to them that there is an entire community of people who are working legitimately from home, plus it kind of wraps up the conversation. If they keep asking, I get some paper and write the sites down for them; this implies nicely that they need to do their own homework. Notice how I worded things so I wasn’t exactly lying, LOL. What we do is a form of customer service.

Also, you can say you do voice over work at Voices.com or freelance writing for DemandStudios.com; depending on what's more believable based on your personality and skills.

Keep your answers to the point and sound confident. Remember, the information you’re giving them is true. All of the companies mentioned above offer real work from home jobs. Unless someone is very interested, they won’t normally drill you with questions. If they ask something like “can you get me hired in” just let them know (and this is actually true) that they have to apply online and those sorts of companies don’t take referrals. Just give them the website names.

I do a bit of both options. With my old fashioned grandparents, it’s door #2. With my friends its #1. With strangers, I play by ear.

I always find it funny when people who are okay with strip clubs have a problem with webcam girls. In a strip club you’re almost always going to be touched by guys and you have to be there with them in person. I’ll take a cam show with some kinky guy who won’t even know what state I live in over a lap dance for some creep who pinches my ass and could follow me home any day. Nothing against stripping, I'm just saying I don't get why some people think webcam work is somehow worse.

Bottom line, to tell or not to tell, it’s a question only you can answer. Sometimes people may surprise you with their ignorance -- and sometimes with their open-mindedness.

Mindy Bares All
07-01-2011, 12:41 PM
haha :P
i thought i posted that i was already working part time at Target and i am already lying to her about "working" during the day
im trying to come up with a cover job as to why im at HOME all day mon-fri

so it d have to be computer/online related:-\

Haha. Go me, way to not read. :P