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LacieBby
10-18-2017, 12:31 PM
An hour and a half online and $0. Getting discouraged.

sovereignv
10-18-2017, 04:51 PM
What the fuck is going on this week? Usually during a week I'll have a few slow shifts, a few average ones, and a few good ones. But this week no matter when I've been on it's been completely dead.

LoraDoll
10-19-2017, 07:47 AM
4th day of the period. 10/ hour overall. worked several hours. Daytime tonight morning afternoon. nothing seems to work. This is how it is. Plus Jasmin worry more how ur room look, than how u look and how u perform. Nothing on the first page u see, but studio girls. 100+ of them. If u are not in a studio, u come after.

Now, that my income is a joke day after day, I ll run and spend shitload $$$ for a room, wich looks at least like this

http://www.jasonyost.me/i/2017/06/baroque_bedroom_furniture_99_bedding_sets__stunnin g_designs_you_can.jpg

A bit exaggerated but something like this is their standard now. I like things simple. My place is something like this below ( - the windows and wall decorations)
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/fb/93/7c/fb937cf853c1814310e9f1f4e2ff58d5--gray-sectional-sofas-sofa-couch.jpg

And it s fucking not good enough. I really start to fed up with their bullshit. And their fucking logic. Hmm traffic is gone for the site. It s coz girls are not that pretty. They dont show how rich and famous they are. Their place is just "okay" but dont look like as a castle? Dont look expensive enough. That s why people dont pay. Let s do more marketing on free porn sites for 12 yrs old audience. Let s say they are here for date! For meet up! Let everyone sign up without any kind of requrement. Let s take away "sneak peek", but do awards instead, so more girl ll do free show! (in reality less money for girls but more for us! None of these cunts ll figure out, it s a lie when we say "we respect our models) That ll totally work.

And ofc let s promote the same models all the time, in every category on first place, no matter what. Those studios bring 100 new girls / month clueless as fuck, if someone say something like "show ur ass u fucking cunt" in free , they do it with a smile. Yess, that s what this business needs! If u re not like that, go hang urself from now on.

I really start to think , this company dont worth a moment from my life, to make just a cent for them anymore. Once I liked it,when they just started this whole "quality improvement thing" but now... it s massive mad.in the same time, I swear, audience was more "elite" much more less garbage-feel like, than now. This whole shit just turned upside down.

Mare
10-19-2017, 09:58 AM
well, what I know. My regular basis was... not the filthy rich, but not the too broke type of guys. U know , the ones who are well educated, have an okay life, family maybe , but used cam sometimes to get off, talk to someone , or whatever. Now that s gone.
What stayed, a few very rich, a lot of weirdo who looking for fisting / pee anything weird... and a lot of scumbags who can t even type a correct sentence.
Somehow the "normal" guys completely disappeared. And I have no idea why, or how. Have no idea if "they" ll ever come back.

Past 2 week sucked for me as well. Today too, I get so depressed after 3 hours. What these people do here in these days ... just no reason to take this shit especially if there is no money. I went to the gym after, now I feel a bit better. Or at least calm enough not to give a fuck. But it still sucks.

I still blame sites like chaturbate, or any site where girls allowed to give it away for free. However, it was not a problem a few years ago, when "personality" was important in camming. But now, many times - most of the times - i have a feeling, these people, 95% of them dont care if they see u online, or a bag of potato with a cunt. At least i have that feeling, just the way they talking, the way they acting. Now, if the majority of audience is that low, that s a problem.
THIS.
On a side note I love to read your posts. They always make me smile even when it's sucking!

anonymous camgirl
10-19-2017, 11:06 AM
I used to work on livejasmin YEARS ago.. I don't even know how long ago it was.. I worked there for a total of 4 months, I had garbage traffic and only made $125 .. AND THEN.. it was all CHARGED BACK AND THEN.. after taking 4 months to make that.. LIVE JASMIN wanted me to pay them back .. cuz that's all I made and they paid me already.. so I quit working there.. it was horrible.


4th day of the period. 10/ hour overall. worked several hours. Daytime tonight morning afternoon. nothing seems to work. This is how it is. Plus Jasmin worry more how ur room look, than how u look and how u perform. Nothing on the first page u see, but studio girls. 100+ of them. If u are not in a studio, u come after.

Now, that my income is a joke day after day, I ll run and spend shitload $$$ for a room, wich looks at least like this

http://www.jasonyost.me/i/2017/06/baroque_bedroom_furniture_99_bedding_sets__stunnin g_designs_you_can.jpg

A bit exaggerated but something like this is their standard now. I like things simple. My place is something like this below ( - the windows and wall decorations)
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/fb/93/7c/fb937cf853c1814310e9f1f4e2ff58d5--gray-sectional-sofas-sofa-couch.jpg

And it s fucking not good enough. I really start to fed up with their bullshit. And their fucking logic. Hmm traffic is gone for the site. It s coz girls are not that pretty. They dont show how rich and famous they are. Their place is just "okay" but dont look like as a castle? Dont look expensive enough. That s why people dont pay. Let s do more marketing on free porn sites for 12 yrs old audience. Let s say they are here for date! For meet up! Let everyone sign up without any kind of requrement. Let s take away "sneak peek", but do awards instead, so more girl ll do free show! (in reality less money for girls but more for us! None of these cunts ll figure out, it s a lie when we say "we respect our models) That ll totally work.

And ofc let s promote the same models all the time, in every category on first place, no matter what. Those studios bring 100 new girls / month clueless as fuck, if someone say something like "show ur ass u fucking cunt" in free , they do it with a smile. Yess, that s what this business needs! If u re not like that, go hang urself from now on.

I really start to think , this company dont worth a moment from my life, to make just a cent for them anymore. Once I liked it,when they just started this whole "quality improvement thing" but now... it s massive mad.in the same time, I swear, audience was more "elite" much more less garbage-feel like, than now. This whole shit just turned upside down.

LacieBby
10-19-2017, 11:41 AM
I hate being a debby-downer, but these past few days have been AWFUL for me. I went from making $200-$250 in a few hours (my daily goal), to making barely $20 a day. Between today and yesterday, i've been on for like six hours and have made a whopping $15 so far. This week isn't going to end well...

HollyJaydeXXX
10-19-2017, 11:45 AM
4th day of the period. 10/ hour overall. worked several hours. Daytime tonight morning afternoon. nothing seems to work. This is how it is. Plus Jasmin worry more how ur room look, than how u look and how u perform. Nothing on the first page u see, but studio girls. 100+ of them. If u are not in a studio, u come after.

Now, that my income is a joke day after day, I ll run and spend shitload $$$ for a room, wich looks at least like this

http://www.jasonyost.me/i/2017/06/baroque_bedroom_furniture_99_bedding_sets__stunnin g_designs_you_can.jpg

A bit exaggerated but something like this is their standard now. I like things simple. My place is something like this below ( - the windows and wall decorations)
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/fb/93/7c/fb937cf853c1814310e9f1f4e2ff58d5--gray-sectional-sofas-sofa-couch.jpg

And it s fucking not good enough. I really start to fed up with their bullshit. And their fucking logic. Hmm traffic is gone for the site. It s coz girls are not that pretty. They dont show how rich and famous they are. Their place is just "okay" but dont look like as a castle? Dont look expensive enough. That s why people dont pay. Let s do more marketing on free porn sites for 12 yrs old audience. Let s say they are here for date! For meet up! Let everyone sign up without any kind of requrement. Let s take away "sneak peek", but do awards instead, so more girl ll do free show! (in reality less money for girls but more for us! None of these cunts ll figure out, it s a lie when we say "we respect our models) That ll totally work.

And ofc let s promote the same models all the time, in every category on first place, no matter what. Those studios bring 100 new girls / month clueless as fuck, if someone say something like "show ur ass u fucking cunt" in free , they do it with a smile. Yess, that s what this business needs! If u re not like that, go hang urself from now on.

I really start to think , this company dont worth a moment from my life, to make just a cent for them anymore. Once I liked it,when they just started this whole "quality improvement thing" but now... it s massive mad.in the same time, I swear, audience was more "elite" much more less garbage-feel like, than now. This whole shit just turned upside down.

real talk tho... that's legit my couch. lol

HollyJaydeXXX
10-19-2017, 12:00 PM
49016

so a new guy comes into my room and starts throwing gold ($9 & $22) for requests (tits and ass). As I'm pulling my tits out I tell the room to tip a buck or two so they aren't being freeloaders. ^^^This is what I get^^^ really? Over a buck or two? The funny thing is, below is what the guy said BEFORE I asked the room to tip.

49017

but now I'm a fat bitch, right?

what the fuck is wrong with these guys? Fucking children when they are called out to spend money on a PAY SITE.

AND, my big tipper left after that dude's comment... FML.

HollyJaydeXXX
10-19-2017, 12:07 PM
49018

now this...
quality traffic SM!

anonymous camgirl
10-19-2017, 12:14 PM
So far , so good!.. Making $8 an hour!...lol

HollyJaydeXXX
10-19-2017, 12:16 PM
So far , so good!.. Making $8 an hour!...lol

rolling in the money, girl! you better get an offshore bank account and hide some of that shit!

anonymous camgirl
10-19-2017, 12:52 PM
Right? this is so depressing!.. I need to finish my uber and lyft applications and give that a try as well.. because I dunno what is going on with cam.. but I still gotta do it.. looks good on applications that you been at your job for 15 yrs!..lol and I am starting real estate investing like in a month!


rolling in the money, girl! you better get an offshore bank account and hide some of that shit!

HollyJaydeXXX
10-19-2017, 12:57 PM
oh thats awesome! Uber and LYft can be pretty good!
I have my RE license here in NYC but didn't have the patience to ALSO work commission... camming commission is bad enough

ravenskyy
10-19-2017, 01:31 PM
How are you ladies able to survive right now? I got a 9 to 5, then I lost it after a week because the manager is a racist bitch and I wouldn't kiss her ass. Now I'm job hunting again because I can't do camming anymore.

My depression and anxiety were almost non-existent for once, for that entire week. The second I lost the job, I broke down and now I'm back to feeling useless again. I can dance and do pso, but I'm not camgirl material like I thought I was. Men disgust me so much now and I won't degrade myself by doing things that I don't want or charging less than I'm worth. The thought of logging into mfc makes me want to cry. I wish it came easily to me, but it doesn't.

Serena-Shields
10-19-2017, 01:35 PM
What the hell is going on with SM this week

HollyJaydeXXX
10-19-2017, 01:36 PM
How are you ladies able to survive right now? I got a 9 to 5, then I lost it after a week because the manager is a racist bitch and I wouldn't kiss her ass. Now I'm job hunting again because I can't do camming anymore.

My depression and anxiety were almost non-existent for once, for that entire week. The second I lost the job, I broke down and now I'm back to feeling useless again. I can dance and do pso, but I'm not camgirl material like I thought I was. Men disgust me so much now and I won't degrade myself by doing things that I don't want or charging less than I'm worth. The thought of logging into mfc makes me want to cry. I wish it came easily to me, but it doesn't.

yeah camming has been HORRIBLE for the last few weeks. I spend most of my time sitting in free chat and applying for jobs in another tab. Camming is too fucking unstable for me. I'm out of this bitch.

anonymous camgirl
10-19-2017, 02:02 PM
How am I surviving? 0% interest credit cards, SAVINGS, kids college money.. that's it.


How are you ladies able to survive right now? I got a 9 to 5, then I lost it after a week because the manager is a racist bitch and I wouldn't kiss her ass. Now I'm job hunting again because I can't do camming anymore.

My depression and anxiety were almost non-existent for once, for that entire week. The second I lost the job, I broke down and now I'm back to feeling useless again. I can dance and do pso, but I'm not camgirl material like I thought I was. Men disgust me so much now and I won't degrade myself by doing things that I don't want or charging less than I'm worth. The thought of logging into mfc makes me want to cry. I wish it came easily to me, but it doesn't.

HollyJaydeXXX
10-19-2017, 02:07 PM
You were better prepared than I was!

Everything is late (2 car payments), rent is partially paid, cell phone got shut off... my savings paid about 3/4 the rent (NYC prices :l)

Three bad weeks on cam really fucked everything up

anonymous camgirl
10-19-2017, 02:20 PM
I started preparing after my last boyfriend broke my shoulder and I couldn't work for 2 months .. back in 2011... as soon as Jan 2012 came I put myself on a budget and started saving a percentage of my money.. so I have been saving for this fucking hell I guess for 5 yrs now? I am supposed to be saving for real estate investing.. not paying my bills cuz men want to ruin my life yet again!.... and now I am trying to find ways to cut money further... I cut my cable bill down.. my car lease is up in 6 months.. etc etc... and I am going to get my HELOC and just start the real estate investing already.. there is no perfect time and if I wait any longer things might be even worse and I will NEVER get the chance.. I have been waiting 25 yrs now for this moment.. and MEN WANT TO RUIN IT FOR ME.. seems to be that's all they have ever done!


You were better prepared than I was!

Everything is late (2 car payments), rent is partially paid, cell phone got shut off... my savings paid about 3/4 the rent (NYC prices :l)

Three bad weeks on cam really fucked everything up

HollyJaydeXXX
10-19-2017, 02:27 PM
I started preparing after my last boyfriend broke my shoulder and I couldn't work for 2 months .. back in 2011... as soon as Jan 2012 came I put myself on a budget and started saving a percentage of my money.. so I have been saving for this fucking hell I guess for 5 yrs now? I am supposed to be saving for real estate investing.. not paying my bills cuz men want to ruin my life yet again!.... and now I am trying to find ways to cut money further... I cut my cable bill down.. my car lease is up in 6 months.. etc etc... and I am going to get my HELOC and just start the real estate investing already.. there is no perfect time and if I wait any longer things might be even worse and I will NEVER get the chance.. I have been waiting 25 yrs now for this moment.. and MEN WANT TO RUIN IT FOR ME.. seems to be that's all they have ever done!

wow, you really did prepare! that's great!

i'm sitting at $12 in 3 hours for today... contemplating going and temping somewhere.

My total for the week is $149.03 in 15 hours.

melanielive
10-20-2017, 02:55 AM
I m really starting to worry...
It's been DEAD EVERYWHERE for me..
I work NF, TTM, Iwant phone ( well that one has been always dead lol), CMD and LCMS ( When I can be on the comp, which is almost never nowadays) and Arousr ( which has been sucking for months now, specially since the FREE credits thing and then they pay u 10.00 if they convert to paying members..
But seriously, this is week 3 and I m making VERY little...
I was thinking last night that i have enough $ to pay my cc bills next month but I don t know what i ll do after that if this doesn't get better...
I m married but I like paying my cc bills and we share the health insurance bill...
This SUCKS!!

Classy_Katy
10-20-2017, 06:37 AM
Sucking badly on Adultwork this morning...lost money as earned less than I paid for positioning.

Arwen25
10-20-2017, 06:43 AM
^ Same thing for me the day before yesterday, free chat didn't even help - just the same old freeloaders.

Also got only my second chargeback on AW in 4 years. It always sucks though, especially when I am struggling on there as it is lately.

winnipeg
10-20-2017, 09:18 AM
^ Same thing for me the day before yesterday, free chat didn't even help - just the same old freeloaders.

Also got only my second chargeback on AW in 4 years. It always sucks though, especially when I am struggling on there as it is lately.

Does it ever tell you who made the CB? maybe start naming and shaming these people.

Arwen25
10-20-2017, 09:46 AM
Yes, it does. I've named him and shamed him all over Twitter and also know his Twitter tag as he stupidly followed then unfollowed me. He's madeofstone74, if you're on AW. X

Arwen25
10-20-2017, 09:47 AM
Oh and it says the name of the member on your credits statement with "manual escrow" next to it. Interestingly he also found me on babestation but I don't seem to have lose money there. X

LacieBby
10-20-2017, 12:06 PM
1/2 the guys in my room today:

Dude- hey bb can u deepthroat?
me- ya lets do it! :)
dude- *leaves*

HollyJaydeXXX
10-20-2017, 12:37 PM
49029

my hourly for the past TWO WEEKS. FML
at $15.21 for three hours so far today.
Room is dead, in and outs, barely any talking.

^^^ same as you!!! Do you do xyz? *leaves*

You EVEN MENTION paying or going private and they BOUNCE

laurielegs
10-20-2017, 01:07 PM
How are you ladies able to survive right now? I got a 9 to 5, then I lost it after a week because the manager is a racist bitch and I wouldn't kiss her ass. Now I'm job hunting again because I can't do camming anymore.

My depression and anxiety were almost non-existent for once, for that entire week. The second I lost the job, I broke down and now I'm back to feeling useless again. I can dance and do pso, but I'm not camgirl material like I thought I was. Men disgust me so much now and I won't degrade myself by doing things that I don't want or charging less than I'm worth. The thought of logging into mfc makes me want to cry. I wish it came easily to me, but it doesn't.

For me personally the only way I survive is by running multiple sites at the same time. I charge high and between them all I do okay. I don't do anything for tips in free chat, private only because I object to guys who haven't paid seeing anything. Maybe I could make more if I performed in free chat, who knows but I just won't do it. I wish everything was done in private like it used to be. I feel like we would all make more.

Means a lot of time in free chat but by running a lot of sites simultaneously I stay busier, but these last couple of months have been brutal. I have been slacking off on clips and need to get back to that. I don't make enough on clips to live on but it takes up the slack when cam is slower.

HollyJaydeXXX
10-20-2017, 01:36 PM
4903349034

sovereignv
10-20-2017, 01:53 PM
49029

my hourly for the past TWO WEEKS. FML
at $15.21 for three hours so far today.
Room is dead, in and outs, barely any talking.

^^^ same as you!!! Do you do xyz? *leaves*

You EVEN MENTION paying or going private and they BOUNCE


4903349034

This looks almost exactly like my rate right now, pretty disheartening.

But I've been through periods like this before and they DID turn around eventually. Just after I quit my normal job to make camming my sole source of income, my hourly income DIPPED to its worst-ever point, I was making like less than $200 per week and working over 25 hours. But, as I said, it turned around.

I know this is the venting and complaining thread so I'm not telling people not to vent/complain at all, I think it's fine to do that shit and sometimes one needs to. However, whenever this sort of thing happens to me, I always dip into despair briefly before I start to consider what I could be doing that I'm not already doing. How can I improve my marketing? How can I improve my camming space? What ways can I make passive income? What avenues for exposure haven't I explored yet? A lot of this will be initially unpaid work but if you're doing it online you can do it while you're camming if it's slow. I just mean that there are things we can't control (how many people come into our room on Streamate) and things that we can, and if you can try to control some aspect of your work it can take a lot of the edge off your anxiety. I've always been very lazy about promotion, content making, and so on, but now I think I might have to get real about it whether I feel like it or not.

Camming is very bad when it comes to economic anxiety, I think most people... expect you to make loads of money off it, and honestly I think the girls who don't make a lot of money by camming are embarrassed sometimes to talk about it next to girls making $100+ an hour. I don't begrudge them the money they're making, good for them, I just think it can give people a very unrealistic picture of what camming is actually like for most people who do it. I've lived hand-to-mouth since I started doing this - but I was living hand-to-mouth before then too, and working a lot more.

Try to do something nice for yourself, do a really long, thorough stretching session, jump around, growl like a possessed gorilla, try to get some of that anxiety out of your body and clear your head.

HollyJaydeXXX
10-20-2017, 02:02 PM
i agree! All we can do is really shake it off and wait it out.
It's just so mind-boggling to me though. Never in 7 years have I seen it THIS BAD.
Hopefully the last week on the month will pick up and make up for it!

DahliaSimone
10-20-2017, 02:17 PM
Its got to pick up....i have complete faith it will.....men will always have dicks and poor decision making skills when they are horny (aka 24/7), so....this little recession the past few weeks cant last long....

anonymous camgirl
10-20-2017, 02:46 PM
Never in 15 yrs have I seen it this BAD!


i agree! All we can do is really shake it off and wait it out.
It's just so mind-boggling to me though. Never in 7 years have I seen it THIS BAD.
Hopefully the last week on the month will pick up and make up for it!

ravenskyy
10-21-2017, 08:18 AM
Going into camming, I thought that more men were online so that they could play and cum. Men are waaaaaay clingier and annoying than I thought. I want to log on, tease a little and get them in private/tipping. But instead, I babysit attitudes and egos. I hold hands and pretend that I like the bs that they're telling me. I pretend to be a friend, when in reality, all I want is their money. I have been doing this for a little over a year, and I'm legitimately sick of it. I hate it!

I used to escort and dance, and I loved it. Even though I faked a lot of what was going on, I felt happy and free. I had some frustrating and annoying customers, and I had some less than perfect experiences, but I still felt like myself. I never felt as much resentment towards men, like I do now. Every time I have to do a show or take a call, I get annoyed, instead of excited for the money that I'm about to make. I don't even take the time to get ready for a show. I barely do my hair and makeup, and I don't wear anything sexy for these cheap fuckers.

I will continue to work my ass off but once I get back to dancing, I'm done with camming. I really hope that all of us can find something better and get out of this mess for good.

anonymous camgirl
10-21-2017, 09:02 AM
That about sums it up... Imagine doing this full time for 15 yrs.. that's a huge chunk of life.... I had to raise my kids in this environment.. and I can't say I am a better mom for it.. I apologize to my sons for my nervous breakdowns or my mental health and explain to them that I was never like this before camming..... It's actually completely embarrassing to me that I am unrecognizable to my former self.. I am trying to grin and bear it.. I have received nothing but bad news from everything this year.. not just from camming...


Going into camming, I thought that more men were online so that they could play and cum. Men are waaaaaay clingier and annoying than I thought. I want to log on, tease a little and get them in private/tipping. But instead, I babysit attitudes and egos. I hold hands and pretend that I like the bs that they're telling me. I pretend to be a friend, when in reality, all I want is their money. I have been doing this for a little over a year, and I'm legitimately sick of it. I hate it!

I used to escort and dance, and I loved it. Even though I faked a lot of what was going on, I felt happy and free. I had some frustrating and annoying customers, and I had some less than perfect experiences, but I still felt like myself. I never felt as much resentment towards men, like I do now. Every time I have to do a show or take a call, I get annoyed, instead of excited for the money that I'm about to make. I don't even take the time to get ready for a show. I barely do my hair and makeup, and I don't wear anything sexy for these cheap fuckers.

I will continue to work my ass off but once I get back to dancing, I'm done with camming. I really hope that all of us can find something better and get out of this mess for good.

KatM
10-22-2017, 12:25 PM
^^^ Same here, i raised my son camming since he was 7 yo, now he is 23! I got sick here literally from all the stress, i am good now Thank God! Trying to get things easier, son is helping financially too which is a huge thing for me now, i could not do it w.o him contributing, he brings all the money at home & we put his & mine's together and budget everything, he and me buy what we need for ourselves then we pay bills, food, all, i am happy i raised a good boy :). God bless us all hard working women!

HollyJaydeXXX
10-22-2017, 01:05 PM
FUCK MY LIFE! Back to $5 an hour today... Jesus Fucking Christ

JaneBurgess
10-22-2017, 01:11 PM
That about sums it up... Imagine doing this full time for 15 yrs.. that's a huge chunk of life.... I had to raise my kids in this environment.. and I can't say I am a better mom for it.. I apologize to my sons for my nervous breakdowns or my mental health and explain to them that I was never like this before camming..... It's actually completely embarrassing to me that I am unrecognizable to my former self.. I am trying to grin and bear it.. I have received nothing but bad news from everything this year.. not just from camming...

Why dont you quit then? If you have been miserable in this profession for fifteen years you could have left at anytime. Plenty of performers have stopped camming and went on to find new careers and do well for themselves. There are so many options in this world besides the adult industry

HollyJaydeXXX
10-22-2017, 01:31 PM
While I always ask that question myself, it is a little bit more complicated.
Sometimes, when camming, you hit a rough patch and don't have the money needed to transition to vanilla work. Other times, also during a rough patch, bills get so far behind that the only way you can pay them is if you keep camming. It's like trying to catch your breath...
Myself for example, I have been trying to get out for months but camming has been so slow that I am behind on bills and don't have the money saved to transition. A lot of us live paycheck to paycheck with camming, it is even worse if you're on DailyPay. I already know it will take me 2-4 weeks to work enough hours on cam to pay my bills AND save enough to go back to work and have a two week waiting period for checks (on DP).
It's really easy to get yourself in this cycle and months turn into years.
Now, for someone who has been camming 10+ years, can you imagine how difficult it would be to go back to vanilla work? Between work experience, age, etc. can you imagine what that would be like? Maybe skills/qualifications only qualify her for certain jobs and those certain jobs don't pay enough?
It's super easy to say 'why don't you quit' and very difficult to actually do it, especially given the circumstances.

winnipeg
10-22-2017, 02:42 PM
Its very difficult to transition out of any career path into another one - whether thats camming or vanilla work. I'm currently trying to get back out myself after a year being back and can vouch for how difficult it is. I guess just never give up and keep going is the only way.

HollyJaydeXXX
10-22-2017, 02:47 PM
Its very difficult to transition out of any career path into another one - whether thats camming or vanilla work. I'm currently trying to get back out myself after a year being back and can vouch for how difficult it is. I guess just never give up and keep going is the only way.

True! Can't ever give up on knowing that there is something else!
Like you said, it is just hard. Transitioning is expensive and time-consuming and many of us aren't in a financial position to do it.
Just gotta keep moving forward and working towards the goal.

anonymous camgirl
10-22-2017, 02:48 PM
He sounds like a really good son!..


^^^ Same here, i raised my son camming since he was 7 yo, now he is 23! I got sick here literally from all the stress, i am good now Thank God! Trying to get things easier, son is helping financially too which is a huge thing for me now, i could not do it w.o him contributing, he brings all the money at home & we put his & mine's together and budget everything, he and me buy what we need for ourselves then we pay bills, food, all, i am happy i raised a good boy :). God bless us all hard working women!

anonymous camgirl
10-22-2017, 02:52 PM
I couldn't have said it better.. it's been rough.. and being single the entire time raising 2 kids, almost losing everything I have on several occasions.. and the only thing you can do is get back on cam to save yourself!...No time to get some mediocre job.. and all of a sudden 15 yrs go by!.. when it was only supposed to be a few years.... I started other businesses that failed over the years.. about 2 or 3 of them.

While I always ask that question myself, it is a little bit more complicated.
Sometimes, when camming, you hit a rough patch and don't have the money needed to transition to vanilla work. Other times, also during a rough patch, bills get so far behind that the only way you can pay them is if you keep camming. It's like trying to catch your breath...
Myself for example, I have been trying to get out for months but camming has been so slow that I am behind on bills and don't have the money saved to transition. A lot of us live paycheck to paycheck with camming, it is even worse if you're on DailyPay. I already know it will take me 2-4 weeks to work enough hours on cam to pay my bills AND save enough to go back to work and have a two week waiting period for checks (on DP).
It's really easy to get yourself in this cycle and months turn into years.
Now, for someone who has been camming 10+ years, can you imagine how difficult it would be to go back to vanilla work? Between work experience, age, etc. can you imagine what that would be like? Maybe skills/qualifications only qualify her for certain jobs and those certain jobs don't pay enough?
It's super easy to say 'why don't you quit' and very difficult to actually do it, especially given the circumstances.

seashell
10-22-2017, 03:29 PM
Camming sucks because sometimes I feel like a fraud, haha. I just had my findom-hypnosis-pants-peeing guy (he's complicated), and for the life of me I can never do one of his shows smoothly. I see him about once a month, and he'll come with a new list of hypnosis triggers every time. Arrrggghhh it is SO frustrating. But he pays really well, and he keeps returning/holding my hand to help me drain more money, so... yeah. I don't know what to make of this lol

Fetish guys are so damn particular

Holly_xoxo
10-22-2017, 06:17 PM
While I always ask that question myself, it is a little bit more complicated.
Sometimes, when camming, you hit a rough patch and don't have the money needed to transition to vanilla work. Other times, also during a rough patch, bills get so far behind that the only way you can pay them is if you keep camming. It's like trying to catch your breath...
Myself for example, I have been trying to get out for months but camming has been so slow that I am behind on bills and don't have the money saved to transition. A lot of us live paycheck to paycheck with camming, it is even worse if you're on DailyPay. I already know it will take me 2-4 weeks to work enough hours on cam to pay my bills AND save enough to go back to work and have a two week waiting period for checks (on DP).
It's really easy to get yourself in this cycle and months turn into years.
Now, for someone who has been camming 10+ years, can you imagine how difficult it would be to go back to vanilla work? Between work experience, age, etc. can you imagine what that would be like? Maybe skills/qualifications only qualify her for certain jobs and those certain jobs don't pay enough?
It's super easy to say 'why don't you quit' and very difficult to actually do it, especially given the circumstances.

I thought I was going to be out of camming a few months ago because I was finally going to apply for disability and (hopefully) get re-training for something I can do but my doctor refused to help me with my claim because as she said "Ive seen people after they go on disability and they become fat, lazy and depressed. I dont want that for you"..

Anyway, I'd love nothing more than to be done with camming and everything adult oriented. If I never had to deal with another 'bb' guy or show my body or make disgusting men cum, I'd be thrilled but for now it pays more than any of the other online jobs that I'm qualified for. The only other ones I'd have a chance at getting are inbound customer service positions and they often pay less than minimum wage. Also, I'd have to make up jobs on my resume and wouldn't have any references for the past 6 years so that can be a red flag to potential employers.

So yeh, I agree that circumstances can make it difficult to transition and make a living doing something else. Not impossible but it can have its challenges. I know I'll find something at some point but for now I'm kind of stuck.

KatM
10-23-2017, 12:02 AM
^^^ Your doctor, what a character, i would have told her "Yeah, let me be fat, lazy & depressed but help me get that money bitch! cause i need them (LOL).
Same here about camming, it was supposed to be a temporary job but it became a 17 years long job, i worked vanilla jobs for 2 years inbetween but it paid soo bad that i still needed to cam part time and when the economical crisis arrived in 2009 here alot of people lost their jobs including myself, i was forced to get back on cam full time, all these while being single and having nobody to support me financially, only after my son finished his studies he was able to get a job and now he's working and contributing.
So yeah, the circumstances will make us stay especially when u have a huge gap in ur resume and an age is more difficult to 'rebrand urself' after soo many years camming. Kind of a 22 catch i would say.

Sunnylexie
10-23-2017, 05:04 AM
FUCK MY LIFE! Back to $5 an hour today... Jesus Fucking Christ
You're so lucky lol. I'm at like $3 currently and banned over 20 guys spamming me with their phone numbers and dick pics, asking that I piss, shit, go outside naked or pretend like I'm their sister so we'd fuck our mom together (I SHIT YOU NOT THAT WAS WHAT HE SAID!). FFS where are they spawning at?!!

Procrasturbator
10-23-2017, 05:14 AM
Camming sucks because sometimes I feel like a fraud, haha. I just had my findom-hypnosis-pants-peeing guy (he's complicated), and for the life of me I can never do one of his shows smoothly. I see him about once a month, and he'll come with a new list of hypnosis triggers every time. Arrrggghhh it is SO frustrating. But he pays really well, and he keeps returning/holding my hand to help me drain more money, so... yeah. I don't know what to make of this lol

Fetish guys are so damn particular

For what it's worth, I'm pretty sure I had the same guy once... Once. He hasn't been back and that was months ago lol. So if he keeps coming back you must be doing something right!

caramelcraze
10-23-2017, 06:52 AM
I used to love chaturbate. It alone put a roof over my head for 2 years. Those days are long gone sadly. in 4 hours I made what I would in 1/2 an hour on a BAD day elsewhere. it's so sad knowing that I'll probably have to say goodbye to the site soon for good. To be completely honest, it breaks my damn heart knowing the end is near.
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