What was going on here?

AnonymousJim
Scanning the room from the back
So I'm out at a usual haunt last night (non-extras, topless) and when I can't get the attention of the two buxom blondes, I go with a backup plan: A cute-faced brunette. Enhanced but not overwhelmingly so. Full C's. Good shape but not a fitness model. Kind of a cuter Rose McGowan. When she walks by, she says, "Weren't you looking for me?" I wasn't, but I had tipped her on stage and was considering her as the backup plan.

She's in an odd mood. I ask her how it's going and she says, "It's going." Smiling, but looks like she's fighting to. She asks if I'm from around the area and I am. I ask where she's from and it's the city I was in before I went to the club, so I bring it up and talk about where I was, which was a place she knows. She seems like she doesn't want to discuss, quickly changing the topic to dances. OK.

I give her a little back massage while we wait for a fresh song and she likes it. I say it's deserved after however long on heels. We talk. Usual chit-chat. She asks me what I do and I let her know and that I travel some. She asks if I've been to the club before, and I say yeah, I do this sort of thing on occasion, on the road sometimes, but this is kind of a "home" stop. She says I talk a lot and I must be an extrovert, which is odd for my career, but I told her I'm more an introvert. "I'm ... different," I say. She said I should be in sales as she starts and she feels like I'm "selling" her, which I kind of am (OTC anyone?). After a couple other folks come by and knock her by accident, she says she's not a real fan of people, which is interesting, because I'm a misanthrope, too.

Now she's dancing and it seems like we're flirting, but she's still kind of guarded. She has a weird smirk on her face occasionally, and I ask why. First time, she says, "It's another dancer," but after it goes away for a while, she does it again after looking at me for a stretch. I point it out, and she says, "I'm nervous." I ask why and she doesn't give an answer. I say, "You shouldn't feel nervous around me," and she doesn't give an answer.

She's giving a good grind, trying to find her own sweet spot, and a nice, hard rub with her enhancements, which I tell her feels good, and she says, "That's the idea." We do four songs. I'm my usual handsy self, but she does say at one point, "Not on the tits," which is disappointing, 'cause they're nice.

During the fourth song, as we're continuing to kind of flirt and I've breathed in her ear and flicked it with my tongue and stuff, she says, "You SURE you're from around here?"

... ? What's that supposed to mean?

After laughing and saying yes, I say, "Why?" She doesn't answer. "I can be from wherever you want." She says, "That's supposed to be my line." I say, "Well, I stole it from you. Mine now."

I hit the ATM, pay and tip. She isn't especially warm or anything as we get done, even with a good tip. I thought about asking the OTC question, but I was a little too confused. I felt like she was giving me an odd stare while I paid. She didn't say anything about coming back to my table or anything, just, "Thanks" and "Have a good night."

OK ... so what was up with this? My curiosity is piqued because it helps answer the question of why they ask if you're from the area, as well as what your answer should be. Did she want me to be from out of town? Was she looking/hoping I'd ask for OTC or that I was staying someplace? Seems like she was at least somewhat concerned about rules with the hands on the tits thing. Some of what was going on was pretty clearly SS, but the "You SURE you're from around here" part doesn't strike me as usual SS. It almost felt like some kind of code. She didn't ask me if I had a wife or girlfriend or whatever. Was I just that weird?

It's a semi-regular haunt, so I suppose there's a chance I could see her again sometime. But yeah, confused. And I know the answer is probably, "Sometimes, there's no explaining it," but I guess I wanted to check the hive mind to see if there was something I'm missing.

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carlos_spiceyweiner
10 years ago
Your answer is the correct one. It was her way of making conversation and getting some dances. You can bet she's used on most of the customers she talks to. Strip clubbing is all about the money. One more thing to consider: we spend a good part of our lives wasting time trying to figure out women. No sense wasting your club time doing the same thing.
JamesSD
10 years ago
From reading SW, "are you from the area" is how they figure out if they should slow sell you for regular potential or simply try to milk your wallet dry.

Honestly it sounds like she was either drunk, high, hung over, or distracted by boyfriend problems.
Clackport
10 years ago
Who knows? Strippers are very very unpredictable at times.
lopaw
10 years ago
Sounds like you are reading waaaaaay too much into it. I've had conversations like that a million times. Generally means nothing.
JohnSmith69
10 years ago
If you turn up missing in the next six months, we know to tell the cops to ask this girl where to find your body.
Papi_Chulo
10 years ago
We should often take what strangers say w/ a grain of salt – and if the stranger is a dancer; divide that grain of salt by 1000.

Your description of her kinda creeped me out to be honest – kinda like someone who should be on meds and is not.
GACA
10 years ago
I've been clubbing strong for four months. Here's what I already know... Strippers have seen every kinda man walk in and out of the door in their first few weeks of stripping.

You give her a massage, you fit a profile, you don't give her a massage, you fit a profile. You buy a drink, you fit a profile. You TRY TO BE DIFFERENT than any other customer, guess what, you fit a profile.

So don't try to be different from other guys in a strip club, try to fit the right profile. Duh.

And what happened was you came off as the creepy "I bet most guys don't tell her this shit" guy. Strippers are masters in the art of bullshit, and you blared bullshit the entire time, oh and it didn't help that you showed that you're also the "run to the atm to pay for the lap dance" guy. Damn brah, have some money in your pocket....
alabegonz
10 years ago
There's not enough conversation between the two characters to really know what's going on.

Was the guy looking to land an OTC handshake? Sounds like the girl is not attentive and is not even hinting she has bills that need to get paid.

Since there are no bills or wants to be satiated by money, you won't get anywhere in the convo.
PhantomGeek
10 years ago
Jim, it sounds like you two were just on entirely different pages of the conversation. I'm halfway betting she meant to say, "You sure you AREN'T from around here?" possibly trying to get you to say that you have a hotel room nearby or something. Everyone makes verbal slips like that every now and again. And you might've been her first potential OTC customer, at least in that club.
AnonymousJim
10 years ago
alabegonz: To answer your question, yes. And no, she didn't seem to "get it," so yeah, I gave up.

Phantom: Maybe. That was part of why I said, "I can be from wherever you want me to be," in the hope of letting her know that just because I'm from around the area doesn't mean I'm unable to secure a room.

I try to be subtle about securing OTC — out-and-out asking the wrong girl seems like it could result in a bouncer visit and a hasty ejection from the club — but I might have been too subtle, and she was just ... who knows. I will be back at that club eventually. If I see her again, I might take another whack. If not ... onto the next one.
sofaking87
10 years ago
I wonder if she was drunk, or stoned?
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