I had an experience I wanted to ask you about. I had just broken up with a girlfriend and decided to have a MFF threesome to celebrate. I called the number of an escort site that had a photo of two women kissing on it. They said $250 per girl and I said yes. Sixty minutes later two hot babes were in my apartment. I paid them up front we got into bed and they asked for $300 each to have intercourse with me. When I said I had no more money they got up and walked out the door. I was already naked so I did not have the ability to run after them. I called them back and they did hung up on me. I called the site that it is advertised on and they said they could call them and tell them about my complaint. That was all they could do for me. What did I do wrong?

Escort Etiquette

My response after the jump...

You booked the wrong escorts.

To avoid being scammed—and to avoid hiring someone who has been coerced into doing sex work—my sex worker pals always recommend looking for sex workers who 1. have their own stand-alone websites and 2. have reviews on established escort review sites. And here's a pretty good WikiHow that covers booking escorts for newbies.

Some bonus advice from a reader for Gay Lost Cause...

Your advice was spot on. He needs to get his shit together. What's interesting to me about that guy is he does have some shit together. Unless you're substantially editing letters, his was really succinct, funny yet tragic, highly self-aware, and filled with what appeared to be honesty and excellent perception. That guy knows precisely that he's a mess, why he's a mess, and after smoking a truckload of meth, can even articulate it with empathy and clarity and even humor while presumably still high, or crashing from a recent high.

I hope he's taking classes that further foster his ability to communicate. He has a knack. Maybe he could focus on writing instead of engaging in group sex and sucking a bunch of cocks.

I think he's damaged. But he has wit and intelligence. He can make it out of the darkness. I know something about this and I've been where he is. I hope he keeps hitting the books instead of the pipe. I bet he can make it and will make a wonderful, caring, funny, boyfriend.

Been There, Done That