One of my best friends has just taken a part time job as a stripper. She has her own business which she's pouring her heart and soul into growing, but doesn't always have the greatest cash flow. Someone pointed out to her that she could pick up a lot of money in a fairly short amount of time working as a stripper, so she decided to give it a try. She's in great shape and has never been shy. In fact, I would go so far as to say she enjoys being the center of attention. We had a conversation recently about how she finds knowing that people at the gym are paying attention to her motivating, while I spend the whole time hoping no one is paying attention to me.
Anyroad, (as Pullo would say on Rome) she had her audition for the strip club guys, and they thought she was fabulous, so now she's working as stripper part time. I find it kind of amusing that she's working at the same strip club where one of the teachers at my high school worked. As you might imagine, that was quite the scandal. And back then, the drinking age in DC was 18, so some of the seniors could - and did - go see her. She didn't last long as a teacher. I think I heard she went to Paris to become a fashion designer.
I think my friend was a little worried that I would judge her for it. Do I seem like that much of a prude? First of all, she's one of my nearest and dearest friends, so I would support her no matter what she decided to do. Within reason, of course. Second, why would I care if strangers want to pay money to see her naked? I've seen her naked for free, suckers! I say, as long as she doesn't want me to get naked in front of anyone, we're good. I am fascinated to know what it is like. Is it weird to be naked in front of people? Non-medical, non-tailor people? Does she get to pick the music? Will she work out routines? Ooh, maybe I could help her choreograph a routine. Now, that I think would be fun. How hard is it to spin around that pole anyway? Are the guys all frat boys or mobsters or businessmen with odd fetishes? I want to know.
Here's the best part. I'm going to go see her strip! I don't know when, just yet, but she asked if I would come see her, and I said yes. I will need reinforcements though. I think I might have Becky lined up to go and it occurred to me we might be able to get Laila to go with us if we wait until she's in town. Now the only question is, what do you wear to a strip club?
That's a damn fine question...and a very interesting situation.
Boy, you didn't bury the lead on this entry!
Go for tasteful attire.
Here's another question, do you have to pay your stripping friend?
"What do you wear to a strip club?" -- not much. :)
This is interesting, though. Puts a different spin on the stripper who is just working her way through college...now she is a struggling business woman trying to make some extra money before her company gets off the ground.
Hmmmm.
I just finished a book about stripping. It was a personal account of the scene here in Minneapolis written by Diablo Cody called Candy Girl. It was pretty good and I recommend it. There is a really seedy side to the business that is kind of gross and I guess I didn't need to know as much about fetishism as I learned, but chalk it up to something I never need to do now.
I had a roommate once (back in my not so smart days) who was a high priced call girl and she had been thrown out of the same strlp club (only 2 in the town) for fondling the girls. They tossed her because she wouldn't leave them alone....I almost died both times she came home telling this story. Thing is, she was beautiful and could have done the stirpping herself....weird girl she was, but I didn't judge even then, I laughed with her and thought to myself, "if I were built like her, I'd be the stripper, not the stripped and booted out", hehehe
A thong, of course.