So, I think we all know that most long term dancers...have issues. Whether it's daddy issues, addiction issues, self esteem issues, or issues finding a good life partner due to a combination of these or just behavior and lifestyle developed from being a long term dancer, there are issues. But does the problem child turn to dancing or does dancing make them the problem child? Is it chicken, egg, or both?
I was thinking about this because I've been close OTC partners with quite a few dancers who retired and who I still did OTC with for a while or kept in contact with. Even those who've been out of the game for five years or more and still exhibit the same problems and sometimes the same behavior.
Only one had been married for 7 years (with a friend of mine), became a lawyer later in life, had kids, and up until recently seemed to have a decent life with him. But she recently confessed to him that she had to make money to pay for some of her law school expenses while they were married by continuing to see guys OTC early in their marriage after she quit stripping.
I'm thinking the business attracts certain types at least a little more than turns them into those types.


"and up until recently seemed to have a decent life with him."
Do you think she told him because she felt guilty and wanted to set the record straight or because she was tired of being married and wanted out?