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    Exclamation I hung up my heels last night.

    So, after 16 months of exotic dancing, and over $100,000 in revenue to date--I am exiting exotic dancing--for now.

    While all my experiences have not been pleasant, I've made many friends along the way and it has helped me grow into the person I am today. The $100,000 didn't hurt either .

    Basically, the money is not what I am wanting it to be lately--I am struggling to pay my bills and afford a good Christmas for my son. I have been doing webcamming on Streamate and have been doing well. I may strip occasionally if I feel the urge, but not regularly whatsoever.

    I am deeply saddened. I am going to miss putting on my 7'' stilettos and turning into Laurisa. I'm going to miss performing on stage. I'm going to miss uncrumpling dollar bills at the end of the night. I'm going to miss the rush of selling VIP rooms. I'm going to miss seeing all my dancer friends. I'm going to miss driving to work late at night listening to music.

    Hopefully when I return to dancing it will be better than ever. My New Years Resolution is to be the best cam girl I can be, just like I did with dancing. Hopefully in 16 months I'll be telling you how close I am to getting my Bachelors Degree and leaving the sex industry altogether.

    This has been a wild ride girls, I'll still be posting on StripperWeb regularly.

    I took a picture, me and my SO hung up my stripper shoes in our walk in closet to symbolize my exit from the strip clubs. I'll never forget where I came from--there will always be a stripper in me!
    If you are willing to do for one year what other's won't, you can spend a lifetime doing what other's cant.



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    i wish there was a like button so i hit hte thanks instead.

    good luck. i am also transitioning from being a full time dancer. hopefully you can make just as much camming .
    The best thing i have heard in a strip club to date:
    customer: we should get married right now! we should get a shotgun marriage!
    me: uhh... i think you are misunderstanding what a shotgun marriage means. A shotgun marriage means you knock me up and my daddy shows up at your door with a gun and forces you to marry me and raise the baby. You mean elope.
    customer: hmm... nah actually i will take the shotgun marriage. At least then we would be having sex.


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    Fabulous post. I'm glad things are going well for you right now! I'm also glad to hear you'll still be around SW. Go you!!!

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    Congrats Laurisa! I think it is terrific when people have a goal and they work for it like you did. You will absolutely be the best cam girl possible because you have the drive in you.

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    I just want to say that I love Laurisa and that I'm so happy that we met because we think soo alike.

    this girl rocks and she will kill it as a cam girl. Then she will kill it at whatever she does after that. She's just killer in general.
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    Damn, you made $100,000 in 16 months? I don't know if I'd have it in me to walk away from that kind of money, but props to you for doing what's right for you.

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    Wow! Go you! You're so inspirational. I wish the best of luck to you and thanks for this post!

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    I'll be joining you come February. Best luck to you and don't leave us!
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    It's always nice to hear about positive transitions from dancing. Best of luck with camming and that Bachelor's degree!

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    good luck! And well done for making a goal and sticking to it!
    I did that my first time around, but Im coming out of retirement for investment(greed) purposes
    Theres no sense crying over every mistake,
    you just keep on trying till you run out of cake

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    Best of luck to you ! And if things don't turn out the way you expect, exotic dancing will still be there !

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    I wish you all the best! We'll miss you up on the stage!

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    Good luck to you, the best always.


    MANY MEN WANTED TO LAY ME DOWN, BUT FEW WANTED TO LIFT ME UP

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    AWESOME!! Cant wait until I can post this as well! Good Luck with camming!!
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    Congratulations girlie! I wish you the best at everything and you can definitely do whatever you put your mind to.. Good luck with your degree and no matter how tough the road gets ahead, never give up. Be very optimistic because at times I can definitely tell you school will make you stressed put perseverance is all it takes! Best wishes.
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    I suppose I should clarify.

    I made $75,000 between August 2010 and August 2011. I only made $25,000 tops from September 2011 to present, which is far less than I had made the year before.

    Of the $75,000 I made from Aug 10 to Aug 11 I made about $40,000 from August 2010 to New Years Day 2011. The rest was slow and painful to make.

    So this year I took a $15,000 hit in these months, which is severe. That is why I am unhappy continuing dancing. Camming is hit or miss, but I do it with my man and it feels less invasive mentally. Continuing at that rate I could have expected to make $60,000 tops, but I know for a fact that since the "busy" season has slowed by about 40% revenue wise that the coming months would be that much worse. If I only made 60% of what I made from January 2011 - July 2011 then I could probably count on $20,000 tops for January 2012 - July 2012. That puts me at roughly $45,000 all year--which is not enough for me to strip. I can't mentally handle it for as much as I'll make with my Bachelors doing social work.

    Thank you for the support ladies. It means so much.

    -Laurisa
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    I would rather make a fraction of what I make camming and have no one touch me in a way that I don't like.
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    You can make more $ camming than you did stripping. :-) Best of luck to you!
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    What I DO have issues with, is that this was a couple of years ago And Judas is still in the freezer.

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    Default Re: I hung up my heels last night.

    These are the kind of numbers I ran when I decided to retire. Anything less than $2k a week working 4-5 days a week wasn't worth it to me. After all, $2k a week is $8k a month, and that's an average of $400 a shift.

    You're a smart girl, Laurisa.

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    I suppose I should clarify.

    I made $75,000 between August 2010 and August 2011. I only made $25,000 tops from September 2011 to present, which is far less than I had made the year before.

    Of the $75,000 I made from Aug 10 to Aug 11 I made about $40,000 from August 2010 to New Years Day 2011. The rest was slow and painful to make.

    So this year I took a $15,000 hit in these months, which is severe. That is why I am unhappy continuing dancing. Camming is hit or miss, but I do it with my man and it feels less invasive mentally. Continuing at that rate I could have expected to make $60,000 tops, but I know for a fact that since the "busy" season has slowed by about 40% revenue wise that the coming months would be that much worse. If I only made 60% of what I made from January 2011 - July 2011 then I could probably count on $20,000 tops for January 2012 - July 2012. That puts me at roughly $45,000 all year--which is not enough for me to strip. I can't mentally handle it for as much as I'll make with my Bachelors doing social work.

    Thank you for the support ladies. It means so much.

    -Laurisa

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    Thanks girls.

    It just doesn't make sense to put my body out there for $45,000/year. That's like lower middle class... If I'm going to be a stripper then I should be swimming in the money, not struggling to pay my rent.

    Camming seems much less invasive. The only thing I dislike is that Streamate records some sessions and sells them, and that customers can record your content illegally and post it online. HOWEVER, I have caught at least 50 customers photographing me on stage in the course of my dancing career, and their photographs were deleted by club staff--but I'm sure there are plenty of photographs that have gone undetected by myself and club staff.

    Also, my home club required us to bend over with our ass near a customer's face and pose for a photograph. We were wearing thongs, but still, there are hundreds of pictures of MY ass out there that I will never get back--and that I never made a dollar off of. I felt extorted by the clubs, making me pay ridiculous fines, taking large amounts of my cash, requiring me to get naked on stage for NO money, requiring me to put my boobs on hundreds (probably thousands) of men's faces for ONE dollar. Requiring me to get completely naked for a complete stranger, in person, and feel their erection digging into my crotch for thirteen fucking dollars after their cut.

    I felt like a commodity, and I was.

    I know there are downsides to Streamate, I do. That's why I am studying so hard and doing so many classes (17 credits each semester), but it feels so much less personal.

    All of the above is not worth $45,000/year.
    If you are willing to do for one year what other's won't, you can spend a lifetime doing what other's cant.


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    What a great accomplishment to hit 100,000. Congrats, but I have a feeling you may very well go back to dancing. Also the earnings are not always as bad as the ones u are dissatisfied with. U may have better luck working elsewhere. Idk ur full story but some girls can barely make 25, 000 a year dancing right now bc of the crappy economy and lack of decent tipping clientel. 45,000 isnt that bad.

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    $45,000 is bad for me. My time and my body are worth more than that.
    If you are willing to do for one year what other's won't, you can spend a lifetime doing what other's cant.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Jessica1001 View Post
    You can make more $ camming than you did stripping. :-) Best of luck to you!
    right now, yes. When it wasn't so bad (slow season) I was making 2500+ /week working 25 hours a week.

    I'm hoping that it will even itself out. I would ideally like to be making 2k a week.
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    Only one pair of shoes?







    I kid. Best of luck, congrats ^_^ !

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    Quote Originally Posted by Laurisa View Post
    $45,000 is bad for me. My time and my body are worth more than that.

    I can understand ur point. I believe that to be true for perhaps many of the lapdancing girls, but in the bikini bar world even 25, 000 is good right now. The bars in my area have been hit ultra hard with the crappy economy. There are alot of nights where girls are avging 50-100 if they r lucky. Then of course u have the good bookings here when it does get busy but EVERYBODY HERE fights for those spots. Here u get booked at a particular day and time for a time slot.

    Truthfully I have begun to keep my cover up on etc bc people simply rnt tipping on some nights. I too feel that the crappy money is not even worth me taking my coverup off on the runway. I feel that 70 is a crap night and at ur clubs 200 could be a crap night for u, it all varies depending on where ur working. I do think that it can be a little insulting when u complain of 45,000 being crappy earnings when some here and perhaps even elsewhere may not be able to pull 25,000. I know u may not mean to come across that way..but maybe try to look at it from that angle.

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