New improved blog - under construction

The Girlfriend experience blog can now be found here The Girlfriend Experience . Please bear with me as it still needs work, but keep a look out over this next week as it takes shape :)

SMS strikes again....

On my way back on the plane I found myself sitting next to a 40'ish year old man with SMS (that's single man syndrome - as I refer to it in my book the Girlfriend Experience). I bit my lip for so long but like torrettes I ended up uncontrolably having to say something to him. He was extremely overweight (not a problem in itself) however when breakfast was put in front of him he greedily scoffed the lot like someone who hadn't eaten for weeks, in barely 5 minutes without so much as looking up from his tray. This was repulsive and vulgar anyway, however after, he held each carton close to his mouth and started noisily and furiously using his finger and licking and scooping up all of the residue in each individual carton - the fruit?!, the yoghurt and the cooked breakfast. I looked at him a couple of times with distaste but he was so oblivious and engrossed in his vulgar eating that he didn't even notice. I started to physically feel sick, and decided to tell him so. He apologised but by then it was too late he was left with gleaming cartons that looked like they'd never contained any food or anything at all for that matter.

Using my vast experience of the habits of some single men, I deduced that he was definitely single, and possibly lived with his mum.

Some of you may think it was rude for me to say something but trust me these sort of people are very thick skinned. He won't have even thought twice about what I said and it will not affect his eating habits in future unfortunately.

I really feel like I could do some good by teaching basic table manners to some of these guys. I feel another business idea coming on haha :) The problem is that the people with these problems don't actually realise that they have a problem - like this particular guy. They are that self obsessed that they are just in their own little world. They probably have no idea why they never get asked out for dinner!

Met one of my heros at the airport!

When I arrived back in Heathrow after a long 26 hours of travelling my taxi driver found me and out of the corner of my eye I saw Richard Branson. Now I've seen him and various other celebrities I admire before but I've never had the balls to say anything to them for fear of getting brushed off or ignored, but this time I thought if I don't, I'll regret it.

Richards autobiography is one of the ones I read just before I started writing. I even mentioned him in my acknowledgements. He made me realise that that cheesy cliche that 'you can do anything you put your mind to' is really true. If you want something bad enough you can get it. I love the way he built his empire and I have a lot of respect for him as a business man. People I know who have met him have said he was friendly so I was pretty sure he'd have a little time for me.

So I approached him and said that I enjoyed his book and that he's inspired me and that he had a mention, and my autobiography had been published in June. He thanked me, asked me my name, pecked me on the cheek and shook my hand and asked me to send him a copy of my book! I was so excited! So I shall. Maybe Virgin will print my next? :)

Santa found me in Thailand!

My friend and I had an amazing time in Thailand. The weather was hot hot, the people were amazing and so friendly. The sunsets were picturesque, and the beaches beautiful. The massages were so cheap (between £5 and £10) that I had about 3. The best one being in a little place on the beach as the sun was going down. Thailand is now one of my fave places and I definitely want to go back very soon. I haven't had a 2 week holiday since I travelled to NZ in 2004, and it was great to be able to properly unwind and relax. No phone no internet, just total relaxation.

We spent Christmas day on the beach drinking cocktails as the sun went down before going back to our hotel for a Christmas dinner, cooked and arranged by the hotel manager who was an English guy. We had turkey with all the trimmings, even pigs in blankets. But also bwocolli and yorkshine puddings :))))) This was topped off with traditional Thai dancing, and fire entertainment. We danced and partied all through the night.

Something funny happened on Christmas eve.... my friend and I were joking with Bruce Lee (as he liked to be called) about whether Santa would find us in Thailand. He said we'd have to keep our doors open for him to get in, and we all had a laugh about it.

Later on we had forgotten about this little convo, and as I collapsed in bed after a rather heavy night out I fell into a deep sleep. Only to be woken a couple of hours later with a gentle nudge. I jumped up in fright and saw Bruce in a Santa hat sitting at the side of my bed holding as little tree decoration 'present'. Now as people that know me will know I am not the best person to wake up in the night! Lol.

"What are you doing? what do you want?" I asked repeatedly, frustratedly, half asleep. Poor Bruce I wish I could have seen his face. I'm surprised I didn't scare him off with my eye mask and ear phones I must have looked like some sort of weird alien!

In the morning I wondered if it had all been a dream it was very vague, but as I looked at the side of my bed I found the santa hat and present on the floor where he had scarpered after my tirade of questions about what on earth he was doing. He must have just dropped everything and ran out!

It was very weird and freaky, however I am sure he didn't mean any harm. He too was drunk and he probably thought it was a funny thing to do at the time.

The next day he couldn't look me in the eye, but eventually he called me over and I told him he had scared me and shook my finger at him (his english wasn't very good) to try to say it wasn't a good thing to do. He understood and thankfully it was all forgotten about.

Poor Bruce being only about 4' tall was more like Santa's little helper than Santa himself. Bless :)

I tell ya what though I never forgot to lock my door again after that no matter how much I'd had to drink! Lol :)

Ho Ho ;-p Merry Christmas everyone!

I am jetting off to sunnier climes tomorrow and I can't wait. This will be my last blog post until the New Year, so I wanted to wish everyone a fabulous Christmas and New Year before I go. I'll think of you all while I am supping a Mai Tai in the sunshine ;-p lol.

I hope you enjoy these Youtube clips, this makes me laugh out loud every time. They're very funny and very clever. My brother has a Norwegian girlfriend and apparently it's tradition to watch this British comedy classic 'The Same Procedure as Last Year' on Christmas day.

Back soon.... luv Rebecca XXXX

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku1_DjEBl_g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPVCtpNjMtY

Listen to my interview with Al Needham about my book...

Here's the audio clip of my first live public appearance talking about my book. If you remember I talked at the Left Lion Extravaganza here in Nottingham on the 3rd October. Here I openly discuss with Al my reasons for writing my book, my job as an escort, the misconceptions about my job and lastly questions were opened up to the audience. Out of all the interesting questions I got asked and further ones I could have been asked, one lady asked if I paid tax! Lol. Answer was yes btw :) She was an accountant haha :) PS - note the Bach's Rescue Remedy Spray in the yellow bottle! Lol. yes I was very nervous.

Left Lion interview

Al Needham Nottingham's Mr Sex here's his blog - top bloke

Belle De Jour

I have been asked my thoughts on Belle de Jour outing herself as Doctor Brooke Magnati. I am ashamed to say (sorry Brooke) that I was a none believer. In fact it was the book Belle De Jour that prompted me to write. I found the book very sensationalised and titillating and I was convinced that it was written by a man! I wanted to write a book to show a more realistic rounded view of both the good and bad side of escorting.

I have to confess I hadn't started reading the blog, until recently so I can only really comment on the book. The book made escorting sound very glamorous, and it can be but it certainly isn't always like that, there wasn't anything negative about the profession in there. I wrote about my embarrassing experiences and I think had Brooke done the same it would have sounded more believable. I think for a rounded book you need 'the good the bad and the ugly' so to speak. Had I not been an escort myself I suspect I would have perhaps found the book more believable and enjoyable.

However I very much enjoy Belle's writing style and quick, observational wit, especially through her blog which I now follow.

I realise now that maybe Brooke because she was keeping anonymous almost created another persona for herself, there was Brooke the doctor, X the escort, and then Belle who was possibly a character very different to her actual escort persona and certainly the agency she worked with was also very different and less glamorous than the one described in the book.

I admire her courage in outing herself although from what I've read she was put in an impossible situation and had to come clean before someone did it for her against her will. What an awful situation to be in. I think she has been very lucky to have been able to keep anonymous for so long with the tv series which she apparently helped with along with other things. This was another reason I was doubting Belle's existence because I couldn't believe that she would have been able to keep anonymous for so long, and I joked on one forum thread somewhere that I didn't believe she existed because why would she have secrecy like the MI5 when there are so many greedy people who want to make money and don't care who they hurt in the long run. I just didn't think there were that many decent people around and it's refreshing to know that there are those people out there. I think that Brooke has been incredibly lucky to have avoided these sorts of people and she obviously has amazing, loyal friends. Unfortunately it looks like there was just one bad egg, but still I think it has been 4 or 5 years of anonymity.

I wish Brooke all the best and I am sure she feels proud of her success both as a doctor and as an escort, blogger, best selling author and with the success of the TV series. I have a lot of respect and admiration for her and she has maintained her dignity throughout her recent ordeal. She has paved the way for all of us escorts, broken the stereo types, and shown that some of us are intelligent and can also have successful high power jobs, and that many of us are just normal girls.

Belle if you ever read this thank you! XXXX

Girl power! Rar :)