Or vice versa, as you might be "cheaper" in one place. For me definitely IRL. Once i'm ITC, i'm generally much more generous and free spending, although i still don't spend much at all on drinks or "companionship" or just a dancer's time. I really only pay for services, preferably quality services. But IRL, i'm always trying to buy stuff on sale or clearance in stores or online, although sometimes the money you really save is the money you don't spend at all. I'll use grocery apps and gasbuddy, trying to buy gas early in the week before the usual price change. If i waste a dollar needlessly IRL, it bothers me almost to the point of of preoccupation.
But in the club i'm prepared and willing to spend hundreds (even many hundreds) of dollars without much regret, worry or concern. The only real concern is that i get what i pay for. As long as that happens, it's a good night and i'm ready to do it again. If i don't get anything close to what i had hoped for but paid for it anyway, which is a rarer occurrence these days, then i'm a bit or quite a bit more upset over wasting money and i try to figure out how it happened and resolve not to have that happen again. But even then i don't stress too much and i'm ready to try again.
The thing is i hear about TUSCLers "complaining" about valet fees, bathroom trolls, waitress ROBs in terms of tipping. Not that those are unimportant. Sometimes it really is about principles (although most people that say that seen to really care more about the money). But in my case, all those things are such a small fraction (like less than 10% and maybe closer to 1%) of what i spend that night that i don't really notice it; it's just negligible. All those things combined for me usually come out to well under $20. Maybe i could have had one more dance, maybe; dances tend to cost more, not including tip, in my neck of the woods.
I don't want to come off in a certain way, but it's kind of like people that don't tip well or much at all ever at fairly expensive restaurants. It's one thing if you have bad service, but if you can't afford to tip on top of an expensive bill, you probably shouldn't be eating there. If you're going to worry about how much it costs rather than enjoying yourself, then it's probably better to stay home or go somewhere where it won't bother you so much. If you don't think it's worth it, don't go there.
I am oversimplifying though; there are many reasons anyone could be unsatisfied and upset especially when money's concerned. Or maybe they have to hide the money that they spend from someone else and that hidden amount is very limited. As i've mentioned in other discussions, dives, mid-tier clubs and high end clubs all cost about the same to me in terms of dances (around $20-30 each), so the price/value isn't that different until you factor in quality of dancers and experience, in which case the ATF is at a high end club providing me with the preferred experience that i can't really get anywhere else regardless of cost. Maybe it's the way i spend money ITC, but the high end club isn't really more expensive per minute of quality experience. It's just harder to find that quality experience for me to be willing to pay for at the "cheaper" places.
But i've digressed enough already. Are your spending habits/personality different in the club?
