Wednesday 6 November 2013

Paying for Companion

I recall Mr T used to share with me and his group of friends how he wished he could retire as a "Duck" and spend his time dancing (ballroom dancing) and accompanying rich Tai-Tais.

His job would purely be using his gift-of-gab to humour those women and to dance with them at Club 5 with strict policy of no extra services. Whenever he mentions this, I will usually counter-propose that I can also consider quitting my job and take on a same role. With no extra service rendered, I will only accompany men who need a listening ear or a dance partner on the dance floor.

He of course disagreed as he could visualise what those men had up their sleeves. Having discussed this topic several times, I never thought I would be paying for such services for myself. Yes, I did, recently.

I did it out of desperation, confusion and loneliness. I had to share what was running in my mind with someone. Someone who is neutral and hopefully able to help me sort my thoughts. I was pretty nervous when I first arrived that I just broke down at the first 5 minutes. He was quick and kind enough to offer me some tissue paper as I started to speak.

We spent 1.5hrs in the room talking to each other and we spoke about the past, the present and the future. It was rather comforting as he listened to whatever I wanted to say and remained neutral throughout the conversation. He asked some questions but I guess at that point in time, my mind was 50% blank (yes, I was nervous throughout as I do not know what to expect from this young stranger. I dont even know if he is actually younger than I am.) and couldnt answer them at all.

I made payments after 1.5hrs and as I walked out alone, I realised I had actually missed out many other things that I wanted to share, many confusions that were still running in my head. For this reason, I knew I needed a second session with him again.

When? I have not decided and I don't know...

Overall, the experience to engage someone for campanionship is not too bad and I can now understand why so many people are doing so.

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