“I’M AN ESCORT”

November 12, 2025·1 hr 25 min·5 clips

Dev reveals that her boyfriend's forklift certification turns her on, leaving her confused but amused.

Therapy Gecko hosts a call with Violet, a 21-year-old who recently began working as an escort after being a stripper. Violet explains she started stripping at 18 to escape a low-paying job and now finds escorting less personally competitive. She describes verifying clients through IDs and business websites to assess safety, with encounters not always being sexual. Violet mentions clients have requested acts like her urinating on them or stepping on them, though she hasn't fulfilled all requests. She enjoys the work and the financial ability to afford hair extensions and lashes, which boosts her self-esteem. Violet feels her perception of intimacy and men is now skewed, noting many clients are married, and she currently doesn't date. Despite her enjoyment, she expresses feeling lost, comparing herself to peers and delaying college plans due to depression. She aims to eventually study criminal justice but believes she can't do other work, planning to continue in sex work for about ten years. A surprising insight is Violet's admission that she ties her self-worth directly to her earnings from this work. The conversation shifts to a second caller, Dev, who is turned on by her long-distance boyfriend being forklift-certified. Dev describes her detailed mental image of him in a hard hat, goggles, and coveralls operating the forklift. She connects this attraction to childhood admiration for Bob the Builder and a general attraction to competence. Therapy Gecko suggests her fantasy might be more potent than reality, advising against seeing actual forklift pictures. The episode's tone is casual, non-judgmental, and conversational, with the host asking open-ended questions. Listeners interested in candid, unconventional life stories and intimate human conversations would enjoy this episode. Those seeking structured advice or uncomfortable with explicit discussions of sex work might skip it.

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A loose call that turns a headline job into something ordinary, candid, and human.

Violet's call starts with a new escort job after burnout from stripping, then drifts into loneliness, dating, and the fear of settling too soon. Lyle keeps pulling the talk back to the plain facts under the headline, and that gives the episode a steady, easy rhythm.

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A candid call about a new escort job, burnout, and the loneliness around settling down.

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