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12 years ago
Yes, this is a typical experience. If you think about it, you would not go back if you bought a middle-aged lady expensive drinks and all you did was converse for an hour. Your move to the "away" side of the bar was also typical.
Columbus OH has been a specialty place for these types of bars. Unfortunately, local LE doesn't like them (wonder why?) and has shut down the 2 most active ones. Diamond Jim's is the latest operation...but I can report the "girl" quality is marginal even for this kind of joint.
A few clubs in Philly and NJ follow this format. Baltimore has more of a drink hustle Rip-off format, with better looking girls. Houston has a few Asian hostess clubs, but the format is different; no action at the bar, lots of action in a back room. In club drinking and jacking is also a popular format in select bars in Bangkok and Manila; but in those places, the take-out option is also present (try-buy).
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13 years ago
Well, some guys who patronize strip clubs are thoughtless cheapskates. Comes with the territory.
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13 years ago
I hope you'll forgive me for being a bit critical, but your advice is crap. Typical manipulative shit. Most girls will see right through it.
I have alternative advice for all you free-sex-with-a-stripper wannabees. After you get a few lap dances from her, and only if the conversation is natural and lighthearted, invite her out to dinner for the next evening. If she accepts on the spot, then follow up. Go to dinner. Treat her with respect. Maybe it will develop. Otherwise, forget it and go back to the original reason you're in a strip club; because you've been reduced to paying girls for whatever they offer.
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14 years ago
Just came back from Vegas. Our visit included two strip club visits: 1) daytime to OG, and 2) nighttime to Rick's. I anguished over the choices, because of the generally poor value for money at Vegas clubs. We lucked out at Rick's. We got in for free and enjoyed $20 lap dances at our seats. But over half the girls were up-selling for VIP, and one girl said flat out she only does VIP. She is living off young, drunk guys who expect to blow $500 in a club and get little in return...certainly no extras. As others have suggested, there are many other places to go to get strip club value. Road trip!
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14 years ago
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rickduganVerified and Certifiable Super-Reviewer
RD, I reread your post, and came up with an alternate theory to explain the drama in the club. That theory is predicated on my observation that for most strippers, what happens is not about you, it's about them. Is it possible that you were simply caught in the middle (and used as a prop) for the usual tendency of the experienced girls to try to drive out a more recent and threatening hottie? I have seen this in most clubs, and my GF has described what happens especially in the dressing room to the new girls who are a threat to the old guard. All kinds of confrontations, complaints to management, and other forms of sabotage are manufactured with the express purpose of driving the new girl away. Did you just step into that sort of situation?
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14 years ago
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rickduganVerified and Certifiable Super-Reviewer
I think George is on to something that us "nice guys" could learn. I for one am too forgiving of behaviors that I object too on the part of women who are stroking my ego, or dick, or both. But it's wrong to let that stuff slide, especially if it's escalating. When I was raising my kids, I believed there should be consequences for bad behavior, and the consequences should have some direct relationship to the offense. But to make that happen, I had to think about it some, because it's just not my natural response; I'm a live-and-let-live kind of guy. That suggests to me, in the case of "strippers behaving badly", that a little pre-planning is in order before we step through the door into the dark, issue-filled world of our favorite strip club. I find, when I think about various bad outcomes and behaviors, and plan my responses, I may not always follow the plan, but things tend to work behavior.<br />
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Or, to put it plainly with two pithy sayings:<br />
1) Nothing ventured, nothing gained (that's why we're there)<br />
2) The best defense is a good offense (and that takes practice before the game)<br type="_moz" />