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    Default Any Ex-Dancers on Board?

    If so, what do you miss the most about the business?

    What do you not miss about it?

    Was there any type of "stripper" withdrawl?

    How easy was it for you to mesh back into "normal" society?

    Did your view of men change very much?

    How about your view of us females?

    A long, long, time ago when I first started, there was girl I used to work with. She was as seasoned as I was green. She used to tell me all the time, "Dancers stick together." At the time I didn't understand, but I do now.

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    Default Re: Any Ex-Dancers on Board?

    I am a retired dancer....

    1. I miss the ability to take off when I needed time off without losing my job. I miss the money.

    2. Absolutely!! I have quit more than once and keep on coming back. It is hard to break away completely.

    3. Still haven't done it yet LOL!!! Note: still on the dancer boards and still do most of my business with adult entertainment employees

    4. Nope, thought they were dogs before I ever got started.

    5. Not really. There are nice girls in the world and there are wenches.....dancers or not.



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    DX7 i have just stopped dancing. I am now 33, started when i was 21, took small periods off for school.
    Ubove one.........I MISS THE $$$$$$$$$
    1) i miss the owners/managemnet
    2)i miss the exersice
    3) i miss being the center of attention...(but can't always have that)

    1) i don't miss other jealous dancers
    2)i don't miss the "few" ld's i gave, i was a stage dancer.
    3) i don't miss the smoke (law says gone now anyway), and the drunks.
    4)i don't miss taking a few hours to get my performance in top shape, hair, makeup, clothing etc.
    Stripper withdrawl ? Hell no.
    I never left "normal" society, i work for a hospital too, lots of years i put in.
    I have always thought the same of men.... i LOVE them!!!!
    Female dancers can be "different". That part i don't miss. But females in general, LOVE them!!!
    And NO, i do/did not stick with any dancers where i worked (3 clubs). I had friends who are dancers at other clubs, because working with them would make them competetion perhaps, and at the time, i was willing to give up stripper friends for $$. I gave up a BF of 4 yrs for $$.
    Had to support myself and child. Pay bills. Made a choice then, made one now! No regrets!!
    Pamela

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    Default Re: Any Ex-Dancers on Board?

    ME!!!

    What do I miss most about it? The club where I mainly worked (I worked another club for only a couple of weeks, so it doesn't count) was a wonderful party place. Lots of very nice customers, who tipped nicely. Strictly topless, "no" milage, no VIP room, no hustling t-shirts or watered down drinks, etc. Just great fun, nice tips, and a good crowd to work. As jobs come and go, this one was great, and I do really miss it.

    Stripper withdrawl? Yeah. Anytime I'm somewhere and hear a "Guns and Roses" song, I look around for a brass pole.... LOL.... (just kidding....sorta). It's like any other fun thing you did -- you miss it a lot. Right now, I'm at my "mundane" regular day job. It's sunny outside. I wish like HELL I had the "daylight" time off to wander around the stores, do some recreational shopping, catch a few rays in the back yard this afternoon, then show up for "work" at 8:00pm and earn $200 -- $400 for basically hosting a party for 4 - 6 hours.

    Mesh back into normal society? I never LEFT "normal" society. I had a job. It happened to be a fun job (that I miss) but now I do other things. My life goes on. I'm married now (to the guy I was dating back then) and we do normal married couple stuff, which is different now cuz my life is different now. However, my life isn't different now cuz I'm not stripping, it's different cuz I'm a little older and doing other stuff.

    Did my view of men change? Well, I rarely get to look down at them from stage in a smokey room anymore.... LOL. Seriously, I've ALWAYS been an attention whore -- before I danced, while I was dancing, and now-a-days. 75 years from now, in the old-folks home, I'll prolly be sitting in some old guy's lap playing with what's left of his hair.

    My view of other females? LOL.... you're gonna laugh, but BEFORE I danced, I lived in a sorority house for a year (yes, I was... believe it or not!). Frankly, strippers and sorority girls are not THAT much different.


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    Default Re: Any Ex-Dancers on Board?

    I posted a few hours ago. and answered honestly. Why was my post deleted?

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    Default Re: Any Ex-Dancers on Board?

    Sara:

    Don't know. Just noticed and my last post isn't here either?? ???

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    Default Re: Any Ex-Dancers on Board?

    I too am retired, DX7.

    What I miss most is: the instant money, being at the center of lots of mens attention, getting to do wear clothes that I would never wear in public and having an excuse to meet lots of people.

    Stripper withdrawl? Did I mention the instant money? LOL! Although, I did catch myself lapping my boyfriend to "Turn Back Time" at a party the other night!

    Meshing back into "normal society" was pretty easy for me because my last semester dancing I only worked two days a week. In fact, it was tougher for me to mesh into the 9-5 world. This working five days a week is tough! Even during summer breaks from school when I was really dancing full time, I rarely worked five straight days.

    Men? I've always liked men as sex partners. But, for the first time, I have a boyfriend I really care about and think of him as much as a friend as a sex partner. So, yeah, my view of men has changed. Is that a result of meeting him and have nothing to do with retiring from stripping? That I do not know.

    Women? I so miss the comraderie that I had with the girls I danced with. I work for a big company now, and it's mostly a male dominated environment. That's a change for me, I really liked the fact that in most clubs, I was the highest paid person, and very much in control of things. Here, the women who are at my level are very much competitors and looking strictly to get ahead. That's always true of the men. Sometimes it seems the women above me have little interest in seeing any woman join their ranks. Women in corporate America seem pretty cutthroat. It really makes meaningful the lessons I learned about dealing with really bitchy dancers.

    XOXO
    Z

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    Like many others have said, I miss the money. I also miss the music and when you have a good night it is awesome! I go back and forth between wanting to go back and not. Money is a powerful thing! But, I enjoy being home with my family. I still work with dancers alot (in my store). Sometimes talking with them about working makes me want to go back and sometimes it makes me glad that I am not there anymore. I do not miss the smoke smell on my clothes and hair, the late nights and early mornings, and the set schedules. Wasn't hard for me to mesh back, since I never left. I am a fairly conservative person and most people never knew that I was a dancer. Didn't change my view of men very much. I am more willing to hit them up for a drink when out, tho. Never been a big fan of women. We are catty, dancers or not. Actually, dancers are less catty and less judgemental than none dancers in my opinion. I have friends that are still dancers, but we don't hang out like we used to. I'm not quite sure why that is. But anyway, I amy go back before too much longer. Who knows!
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