Stripping in your own town
Hi you guys!
I've been thinking about doing a transition from webcamming to stripping because I feel like webcamming gave me the courage to be naked so why not try stripping. Maybe I'll like it better, maybe not.
I live in a small-medium sized city. I grew up in the suburbs off the city (Soccer Mom Central). Have you guys ever had bad experiences with stripping so close to home? Seen anybody that just made it awkward as hell?
Should I just drive to the other nearest city for stripping instead about 3-4 hours away?
I'm planning on moving in 6months-1year but I don't want to wait because I'm already 21 and ready to start. I want to get the newbie stage over and done with!
Since I've done webcamming I understand that this is a risk we all take in the adult industry, but is it especially bad or risky to do it so close to home? It would be especially shocking to my home-town because I'm so "girl-next-door" }:D
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That's a judgement call. I've danced within a few miles of 'home'. But I also really didn't care if family members, neighbors, friends etc. found out that I had started 'stripping'. And I was also in an area with a comparatively large population as well as many strip clubs. The situation would have been different if I had lived in a smaller city, with only one or two strip clubs, and I DID care about family members, neighbors, friends etc. finding out that I had become a 'stripper'.
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I've danced within a few miles of my house... about four miles to be exact.
I ran into some problems. My tow truck driver that showed up to tow my car one day was a customer. Two of my maintenance men in my apartment complex were customers. One of my neighbors was a customer, and he got very creepy.
I also had issues with running into customers on several occasions, hell, right before I moved and I went to rent a U-Haul the guy behind the counter was a customer. I felt uncomfortable because too many "weird" people knew where I lived.
I also had some unsavory "friends" that I had made who turned out to be not-so-great and I lived too close to them for comfort.
I think it is better to dance at least 30 minutes from where you live, but don't live so far that you are constantly running late and driving for 2 hours each way. You have to keep in mind that a lot of driving will kill your car faster, and require more gas, oil changes, new tires more often, etc.
I drive about an hour to work right now. I wouldn't want to drive any farther, but since I experienced all of the bad from living close by I swear the drive doesn't bug me. I just listen to music and smoke my cigarettes and get psyched up for work.
-Laurisa
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I worked close to home and it was...weird. I saw custies outside of work when i went to the mall, when going out to eat ect. Then i became very paranoid walking down the street becuase i was freaked out that a custie in a car would recognize me, one of the regs lived in my building and people i didnt like found out and tried to use it against me it was not a fun experience. Now i work in a totaly diffrent city with no chance of being recognized and i love it!
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:shrug:I live down the street from one of my other clubs but so far it's not that big of a deal. Everyone knows I'm a stripper and I don't care. Maybe it's just cause I live on Main St USA. ;D
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i've never really understood working so far away from where you live. i guess i can't be bothered to give a shit. i've never had a problem with people i recognized from elsewhere being customers, or spotting customers outside of the club. maybe i'm just very only-see-the-good-things, but the only experience i can think of that was truly inappropriate was a customer grabbing my arm at like 3am outside of a restaurant to say hello.
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The only thing I'd worry about is if you want to keep it hidden from your family. There's a good chance that somebody you/your family knows will come in and see you and that could blow your cover if you're lying to your family about what you do. But if your family knows what you do, and you wouldn't be embarrassed to run into someone who knew you as a child, I wouldn't worry about it. As far as weirdos and creeps go, I saw random customers here and there in my small town when I danced here. But it really didn't disrupt my day. I think I disliked more seeing people I knew in the club than seeing people from the club outside of it, but still wasn't that big of a deal. The only people I really care about knowing is my family and they live a few states away. Stripping in the town I live in now was fine.
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Thanks for all the responses you guys!
I found a strip club about an hour away that is very nice so I don't think I'm going to mind the commute for privacy and ease of mind.
I definitely want to stay out of my own city though because I do have two older brothers that I don't want to know about stripping. I don't give a crap if my parents know though.
ALSO, I want to strip about an hour from where I live because I'm still a decently popular webcam model for MyFreeCams, and even though I block my state it isn't foolproof. I would hate for someone to recognize me from the internets at a stripclub to follow me home and get all my personal information. I really don't know how some models strip & webcam, I hope it doesn't become a problem....
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I grew up in a suburb of Indianapolis. My dad worked at a car repair shop where the guys all had nudie posters on their lockers and swag from the local strip clubs. When I went to college and started stripping, I sort of was concerned about my dad or some of his buddies coming to the club. But it didn't happen, and so I pretty much forgot about it. I did run into a custy in the mall one day. I guess Indy isn't such a big town. But, he was cool.
XOXO
Z
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Yes. I had a customer approach me at the mall once. Nothing crazy but it freaked me out. Also if you hide it from family don't strip in your town unless u live in a big city but even still. Seriously consider this if your transitioning
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Two situations....I guess for years I lived ON THE SAME STREET (crazy ass sunset blvd in hollywood) and I routinely biked and walked to and from work. It was no big deal. People knew. I invited my whole neighborhood down. Haha j/k not really. But anyway it was FINE.
Then I moved back to the city about 40 miles from where I grew up and it was WEIRD. I hated it. Talking to people they would get the sense that I never left home and I just wandered down there, got naked, and have been shaming my community for the last 10 years like some hokey pokey broad. Even when I lied and said I was from somewhere else they still got the sense from me that I hadn't done anything in my life....I would never work within 2-3 hours of my hometown for that reason: not being able to psychologically pump myself up into hot-slut-mode.
Just some thoughts is all....I would reccomend dancing as far as possible from where your family, friends, and high school are. But once you get outta that zone, it's not weird living close to your work.
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Hey Felix, thanks for posting this - I haven't seen many who seem to do the camgirl then stripping route which is the boat Im considering. Ive been researching it so much for so fricken long I'm giving myself a few months to get fitter (it should be only a month but Im being realistic with my fitness ethic) then audition/get started already. I ruled out my area also & a trying out places few towns over. If it doesnt go well, oh well, if it goes well - Ill see how I can fit it in while doing the online stuff.
Basically good luck out there! In a few months if you've taken the plunge we can chat about how it went if you're interested.
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roast, you are so much fun. yes, join us in the dressing room for shit-talking and other shenanigans.
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Yes, Roast!
It is a little nerve wracking going from camming to stripping because what if someone recognizes me from the interwebs...but I want to try at least! It's so crazy because I'll be showing less, but way more nervous about it!
I'm about to start a stripper aerobics class so I can get ready too. :-) I'm probably going to take a month to prepare before I attempt to really strip at a club!
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Talking to people they would get the sense that I never left home and I just wandered down there, got naked, and have been shaming my community for the last 10 years like some hokey pokey broad. Even when I lied and said I was from somewhere else they still got the sense from me that I hadn't done anything in my life....I would never work within 2-3 hours of my hometown for that reason: not being able to psychologically pump myself up into hot-slut-mode.
OMG, so funny. Lol!
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Yeah, I found out my Dad had gone to my work one night when I wasn't there because he told me about it over a holiday dinner not knowing that I worked there.
I kinda had to tell him at that point so he didn't come back in.
He hasn't been back since, we can talk casually about my work without any issues. He doesn't get uncomfortable or judgmental.
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well...
I danced in DC and baltimore. I live in MD, right by DC. I went to school at UMD and then in DC for law school and danced while at both.
My mother and friends knew I danced.
There was a risk, because I ran into A TON of attorneys who worked in the area and I knew there was always a chance they would be someone I would run into later. That said, once they learned I was in law school, they didnt give a shit that I danced and became fascinating by dancing. That of course doesnt mean anything if/when I run into them on the other side of a desk.
I also don't give a damn who finds out I danced, and I never did.
There is always a risk when you dance close to home. The question becomes how much you care and how much it could influence your future jobs/career and if so, how much you care about that.
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I've danced in my hometown for 2 years now. I haven't had any bad experiences, but have run into custies a few times while in public. It usually doesn't bother me, it seems to be an unspoken thing to both pretend like you don't know each other.
Once though, I was approached in a grocery store when I was in the worst mood (my puppy just had to have emergency surgery, I was dressed in dirty gross clothes, and I generally looked like crap). So, you run the risk of situations like that, but it's not a huge deal.
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My first couple yrs dancing I made the mistake of dancing in the same city I currently live/go to school in (30 mins away from my 'home town'). So I had many awkward run ins with classmates, ppl from my waitressing job, and even one night my cousin who my family shares a duplex with her family came in. I was hiding the fact that I dance from my family and yeah they definitely found out.
When they found out I took some time off dancing and now I dance about an hr away from home. I feel much more comfortable at work now.