I've been a "lurker" for several years, though I was once a significant contributor. Started in the hobby about 9 years ago. Wrote some on ASPD many years back so I am taking a complete alias approach to this one and only post. Got to know some guys but left due to some issues I disagreed with. Began following massageplanet and still some more issues. I am almost addicted to the scene but have decided to no longer look at massageplanet, but wanted to add my opinion before leaving for good. If anyone wants to jump in, great. If not, that is great, too. I have taken 3 k-girls out of the amps, married and divorced one, lived with one but split up after a couple of years, and still supporting one in NDallas. Basically, I only want to say that so many guys fall for these girls and believe the girls are falling for them in return. They don't want certain things posted because they believe the girls are providing the exceptional service only to them. Others don't want to post certain things because they believe the girl cares for them and they want to be "respectful". Many others are just stupid and can never be saved. Eric took 1 Smile girl for a helicopter ride and then to an upscale hotel on Valentines Day rather than being with his wife and 2 kids and really thought this girl loved him because she said so. He then invited her to go on a TI business retreat but was turned down and was a little upset. He then read an ASPD review exposing "his girl" for what she really was - a business girl who exchanged sex for money and was willing to do what her client wanted and was then willing to write an honest review, printed it out and took it to SMile and made this girl so upset and afraid that she had St. Chris remove her from the review option. This same girl felt so used when Larry brought his British associate to her for 3 hours and he violated her but she did not know how to respond. He thought that giving her 4 or 5 pairs of stripper/whore shoes from his store was going to make her happy but instead insulted her. Another girl was continuously stalked and had so many text messages that she decided to approach LE despite her line of work because Mike would not leave her alone. The importance of this is that these review boards are meant to inform others of what the girls do for money, not what type of relationships they have with their clients. Guys, please understand that these girls never fall for us or in love with us and they typically do not even like us, they use us for money, for convenience and to escape the daily boredome that they all face. While I have shared a lot with many, I know we will never have love (marriage, living arrangements, etc are calculated decsions, not based on love, etc). We all say, just my thought, just my opinion, etc, yet so many look at this board as a way to meet the right girl and/or convince themselves that these girls are their friends. We all have stories of eating in the kitchen, going drinking with them, visiting them when they take a vacation, living with them for months, etc, but my problem is when the guys who experience this believe they are special or have a relationship. These girls are wonderful, sweet, loving, but very calculated and manipulative. Guys, be careful, be respectful, but don't fool yourselves and please always post respectfully. THat's it for me!