Tricks of the Trade
(Continued from page 1)
Stephen strikes me as the typical hustler. They all act the same. Once they get someone sympathy, then they know they have a shot for some money. And Stephen is no exception. He starts to tell me a sob story of how he is homeless, with no money and no place to stay. The only thing he has is the bathhouse right now, and his time is almost up. I do feel sorry for Stephen, so I give him $10.00 for his locker renewal and a free room pass for a future visit, no strings attached. He asks why I do not want to sleep with him.
Not only have I encountered my share of hustlers over the years, but I have also paid to sleep with them as well. Believe me, this is nothing I am proud of. What I now realize was that I had no self-esteem. I really had none. So I was an easy target for a lot of the hustlers. In the early years of going to the baths, I struck out so many times, and got really horny in the process. When you spot a cute guy staring at you and the only thing standing in the way is $40.00, why not go for it. But what finally turned me off hustlers was their lack of excitement in bed. Like I mentioned earlier, half of them are straight and the other half, have zero attraction to their customers. Two things would happen. Either the hustler will lie there, expecting the customer to do all of the work. Or you will have to direct (and I do mean DIRECT) the hustler as to what you want to do in bed, and they are rather robotic. In fact I have to say out of the handful of hustlers I have been with, only three have ever satisfied me. But the other reason I stopped being with a hustler is that I should not have to pay for sex. It is that self-esteem issue again. You should have confidence in yourself to know that you should not have to pay for sex. As well, you get in the sticky situation where, once you have been with a hustler, what happens if you run into that person again? Remember what I said earlier, a good trick for a hustler is when they can get a customer coming back for more and more. That has happened to me, and it is scary to turn someone down who is desperate for cash. The strategy I use is to say that I did not expect to run into them, so I brought no cash with me.
So I explain my reasons to Stephen. He nods his head, and says how will I know how good he is unless I give him a chance. I observe his lean muscular body, and I finally give in to temptation. For $40.00 (not including the $10.00 I had given him for the locker renewal) I get two hickeys, my tits red and sore from sucking, a little bit of kissing, oral and rimming. There was no anal at all. In the middle of our interlude, I ask him what he likes to do. Stephen stops suddenly and confesses he is really not gay. I had thought so. Although he was performing really well, he had no hard-on. That is another reason why it is hard (pardon the pun!) to be with a hustler. They obviously have no attraction to their customers. In fact, I cannot recall a time I was with a hustler who got a hard-on.
In fact many of the hustlers out there are straight. One hustler that I am friendly with told me that when he is with a customer what goes through his mind is not the sexual gratification for himself, but to please the customer as much as possible. The ultimate goal is to get a good trick, so they keep coming back for more. Thus filling the hustlers wallet on a regular basis. Another hustler that I know, who is straight as an arrow, has been hustling on and off for the past ten years. He got into it by doing the next-door neighbor and it just snowballed to where he does it occasionally to make the extra buck. Every time he is between jobs and has no money, he picks himself up and heads to the baths to seek a score. He even has some regular customers. I once asked him, how could he do that? Be with a guy, have sex with a guy, when you have no physical attraction. I mean I cannot imagine myself being with a woman. He told me, you do what you have to do, to survive. He will suck, kiss, and cuddle, but refuses to do anal either way. And he is selective about the guy, no overweight or senior citizens for him. But as I had mentioned, these hustlers (most of whom are straight) have a drug habit to support, and hustling is the one way they can make money, hence their motivation to be with someone they have no attraction to.
In a burst of energy, I finally cum. I wipe myself off with my towel and reach into my locker to retrieve my wallet, and pull out forty dollars. I ask him why he targeted me. He says he noticed me checking him out, and he knew he had someone he could reel in. I ask him if what I had said earlier about hustlers was true (not doing anything in bed). Stephen said absolutely. I then ask why he was so great with me. He said that he was extra nice to me, because I had given him $10.00 with no strings attached. He could tell I was a nice guy who would not screw him over. Stephen then proceeds to get out his pipe, and starts to inhale Crystal Meth. In between his inhaling I learn a bit more about him. I find out he has been hustling for about 10 years (he is 25 now). He is from a broken home, has no prospects other than hustling, and has just gotten out of jail (for assault). His lean muscular body is a result of being in the pen. There was nothing else to do other than lift weights. I shudder to think what type of sex he had, or if he got any type of heroin injections in the slammer. I would not be surprised if he has HIV.
We talk for a bit longer, then we exit my room. As I am heading to the shower area, he makes a detour to the locker area, to check out of the baths and try to score some more Crystal Meth. As he is heading out, he says "The way I am going, death is just around the corner." And you know what, I believe him.
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