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    Default Rant: Stripping is not really work

    I am soooooooo tired of people who think that just because I don't work conventional hours and make a weekly paycheck I don't work. My boyfriend doesn't understand that it's not fair that I have to wake up at 7am with our son after working until 4am when he only works part time and contributes ZERO income to our household. He justifies this by saying that "stripping isn't working, all you do is shake your ass and shove your pussy in guy's faces and they hand you money". He bitches nonstop about me sleeping in and calls me lazy- he just doesn't seem to understand or care that while he's at home at night watching TV, smoking pot, drinking, sleeping and generally being a worthless loser, I'm out making money to support us and our son. His family constantly puts me down for being a stripper and "not having a job", yet are always asking me to borrow money because they think I have so much of it to throw around. I'm also in school and take care of my kid but nobody gives me any credit whatsoever just because I dance. I love dancing, but I am seriously am considering quitting because I am so tired of trying to make these people understand. I just wish they could walk in my shoes for a week and see that it's not easy and we DO work very hard for our money. I am just so frustrated!

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    Default Re: Rant: Stripping is not really work

    Well, I wouldn't say it's hard work, but it's work. People will always envy our ability to walk in whenever we want...and every day is payday. The alarm clock STILL confuses my dogs. They think there is a burglar or something. Yeah, it's not hard, but why would anyone want to work hard??!

    Despite all this, your boyfriend doesn't have to be a douche about it. Would he say something like that if you had an office job? "That's not work! All you do is sit in a desk all day and answer phones. And they hand you a paycheck."

    Of course not.

    Does he work? From your post, it sounds like he doesn't. I'll refrain from my next comment until I hear the answer to this one.
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    Default Re: Rant: Stripping is not really work

    And you continue to live with him...why?

    Don't stop dancing, chuck the nasty, deadbeat moochers instead!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Emily View Post
    Well, I wouldn't say it's hard work, but it's work.
    you dont think its hard work? i do. it's mentally hard, hard on your body, etc. sure, you get paid more. but looking at the downside, if youre having a really off night, or in a bad mood, or something, you wont make anything. you make what you put into it.. i can be in the worst mood of my life and i will still make the same amount of money on my check at my day job, you know?

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    Quote Originally Posted by britt244 View Post
    you dont think its hard work?
    Nope, that's why I said I didn't think it was hard work. I can think of many, many jobs that are harder.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Emily View Post
    Nope, that's why I said I didn't think it was hard work.
    ok WHY?

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    ...and he contributes what to your life? He doesn't help with your son, he doesn't bring in money, he puts you down constantly, his family gives you grief and mooches off of you...

    ...seriously, where is the upside to having this douchebag around?
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    Quote Originally Posted by britt244 View Post
    ok WHY?
    omg, I just don't. Why do you want to argue this? It's all relative. I'm comparing it to hard jobs I've actually had.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sveta View Post
    ...and he contributes what to your life? He doesn't help with your son, he doesn't bring in money, he puts you down constantly, his family gives you grief and mooches off of you...

    ...seriously, where is the upside to having this douchebag around?

    EXACTLY.

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    Oh this drives me CRAZY. It IS work...sometimes easy, sometimes VERY hard. Talk to me about a rough day sitting at a desk(and yes I've done that too) when you've been called fat,had drinks spilled on you, had a customer throwing quarters at dancers on stage, been told you arent worth the money, had a customer lick, bite or otherwise sexually/physically assault you,etc...etc....all while hanging by your ankles in 7 inch platform stilettos for hours on end. Sometimes endured all in one night AND you left with $50. Not to mention drama from other dancers, staff that treat you like meat and drunk as fuck customers. ALLwhile looking prettyand smiling.FUCK OFF.

    Thankfully my friends and hubby do understand that I'm not being lazy when I sleep until noon if I didnt GET to sleep until 5am or later.

    If it isnt "real work" then why are my feet constantly in pain (and the shape of them is actually permanently altered by years of being stuffed into those shoes),my back screwed up,shin splints,separated ribs and panic attacks...etc...etc....

    Yes,there are jobs that are harder....but that doesnt mean ours is a piece of cake!!! People still think that we just party all night while guys sing our praises and throw hundred dollar bills at us!! I work HARD for the money I make. And that doesnt even take the upkeep I do OUTSIDE of work into consideration!!

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    ^^^ Yeah,really!

    Why is he contributing "zero" income? After all, he's the one with THE job, right?

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    The only thing he contributes is free babysitting while I'm at work-that's it. We broke up for a year, and during that time I had to resort to paying his family $100 a week to watch my son Friday and Saturday nights. During this time I had to take the year off from school and only work two nights a week which hurt me pretty bad financially. He works on and off, part time moving furniture, which he thinks is soooooooo much harder than dancing. And I don't think that dancing is hard, but everyone seems to think that I stand on a stage naked and guys throw hundred dollar bills at me. They don't understand that it takes some degree of work and smarts to get guys to spend money sometimes. Another reason I don't leave him is because I'm pregnant and simply can't go through this alone, although I have been seriously considering if it's even worth it to go through this bullshit anymore.

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    I don't want to be mad at the op, but these posts leave me so frustrated. I don't know why women feel obligated to stay in situations like this. Think about what kind of an example he's setting for your child.

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    He must be quite hot, fantastic in bed and just plain dreamy and special when he's not being a douchebag. Otherwise, none of this makes sense.

    Reminds me of a joke....

    what's the difference between aspirin and a stripper's boyfriend?
    Aspirin works.

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    Oy. Once again, threads like this seriously make me sad. They just justify the stereotype that strippers only go for idiot-assholes.



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    ^^^LOL! I'll remember that one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rockell View Post
    Another reason I don't leave him is because I'm pregnant and simply can't go through this alone
    In the situation that you're in, I'm completely baffled why you would 1) get pregnant; 2) stay pregnant. How are you going to support everyone on stripping when you start showing? How are you going to put yourself through school? You're voluntarily signing up for some hard years ahead

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    Mily-it's funny you mention that. Spread did an article on strippers and dating and why they always seem to date beneath them. One of the points it mentioned as to why dancers end up in bad relationships is because their partners feel justified in taking advantage of them financially because they don't see stripping as real work,

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    I always thought it was because they had bad relationships with their fathers and want a guy who won't leave them...so they financially support him.

    I know, huge generalization, but the bad relationship with your father seems to be one stereotype that holds true for A LOT dancers.

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    Okay. I think stripping is hard work. It's low skilled work, but I wouldn't call it easy.
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    while he's at home at night watching TV, smoking pot, drinking, sleeping and generally being a worthless loser,
    I think this part might be your problem.
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    I'm sorry but your boyfriend sounds like an asshole. You obviously don't need him if he isn't contributing anything.

    What is holding you back from leaving him?


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    For the record, I never said stripping was easy!

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    Is he going to support you when your pregnancy gets to a point where you can't dance?

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    Yeah...you need to get rid of him. Sorry,but he doesnt help with bills AND puts you down for SUPPORTING his lazy pothead ass??? NO.

    And you had to PAY his family to watch your child?? I would never charge a friend no less family to babysit...his whole family is putting you down while mooching off you. get FAR away.

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