Sex defines all of us. We wouldn’t be here without t. It is the primary function of our existence, it is something few of us would willingly stay away from, even when it is not existentially needed, many of us couldn’t do without it, whilst for others, it happens to be synonymous with weakness, even sin. For the most part, people are shy about this, they don’t know how to handle this conversation publicly. Countless individuals want a whole lot more, whilst for others, it’s a “thing” they must “reluctantly” do at least once, before giving up completely. Lots of people do it all the time, invent all kinds of play around it, go beyond the mainstream acceptance of what is “acceptable”, and talk about it to everyone who is interested. Karen is certainly one of them. And she has every reason to be so. Her business is indeed to talk about it to anyone who wishes to dial her phone sex numbers. What am I talking about? Intimacy obviously. With regards to Karen, “IT” is actually Sex lines, which she has been providing an ever increasing number of callers for over 15 years. She is so good at what she does that people in the know cannot get enough of her. Why is that? Because when I say she is really good, I really mean she is probably the best at what she does, and she also offers discounted rates so that more people can afford her. Sex lines. I met her at a conference once where she was to address a group of us and talk about sex, that exciting and misinterpreted question that people can’t stop thinking about. I have attempted to interview her for several years now, as soon as she consented to the interview, I booked a plane ticket and traveled to Miami, where she charms anyone lucky enough to be near her.
Me. At long last we meet, Karen! I can’t tell you how long it is since I’ve waited to spend some time with you!
Karen: Thank you! I realize I’ve been very hectic recently, which is good obviously, nevertheless that means that I rarely have a lot of time to accomplish working the lines.
Me: I value your time. You have mentioned business just now and how it makes you very busy. Would you mind telling us what it is that you do?
Karen. Of course not. I am a phone sex girl! (Laughs). Well, that’s how I started anyway. but eventually I formed my own adult phone company and on any given hour there are upwards of 20 or more mostly women (but some men and a few transgenders) working the lines for me.
Me. Wow! That’s really amazing. Have you always been in that business? How did you start?
Karen. Well, one thing I can tell you is that I never actually woke up one day and said to my self…. “Here is something I am meant to do!” As you say, I have the qualifications that most large corporations need and I could quite possibly get a job in any number of companies. Some of my clients are even ceos of such companies. (giggles). But when I was in college, like the majority of students in search of an extra income, I took lots of part time jobs, including one in pizza joint which was located in a well to do area. A lot of the residents would stop to order a pizza on their way home, amongst them, quite a few successful business men and most days, I would come home with one or two telephone number of some of them. They all wanted to help me get a better job they said. (more giggles)
Me (smiling): Incredible. So they really were prepared to help you because they were so kind?
Karen (giggling): Sure. Right! They were offering something, that’s for sure. But the main thrust of their offer to help was really about them and how I might be able to help them! You want to understand precisely how it started? I’ll tell you. One Saturday late afternoon, after a really hectic day, I phoned one of them to have an idea of what he thought of when he first Offered to. It didn’t that he wanted to have a “relationship’ of sorts with me, based entirely on fun. I instructed him to take a hike and put a stop to our phone chat, not expecting to hear from him ever again….
Me: And… Did he pay attention to you? Or did he in reality dismiss your specific wishes?
Karen. I heard from him again a few days later. This time he called me. He wanted to apologize for having been and arse with me on the phone the other day and he sounded genuinely contrite. So we had a chat, and for no reason at all, I began to flirt with him. I had no intention to do anything with him, but the more playful I was, the more intense he became, and I realized that I went on that way, he would… well… reach an explosive conclusion. So just as abruptly as I had begun to flirt with him over the phone, I stopped, and literally left him hanging. It is then that I realized the true power of suggestions, words, voice as much as the true erotic nature of the human mind. It was quite thrilling. I really could have done anything with him and so I did the next best thing. I told him I had enjoyed our conversation but I had to go to work because I had bills to pay and talking to him by phone wasn’t going to let me do that!
Me: Did you have to wait a long time before he called you again?
Karen. It didn’t take long at all. In fact, he did more than that. That very evening, he came by our restaurant and asked to be served by me. My boss was at the counter and he wouldn’t let me come up but he told him that if he had a message for him, he would deliver it. His message was that he wanted to speak with me and what time would I be home after work? My boss was involved now, so I couldn’t just shove this so I had to tell him.
Me: Wow… Midinight! That’s really late. You must have felt worn out when you got home.
Karen: Indeed I used to work long hours. But in all honesty, I went home, having completely forgotten about him. It’s actually when I heard the phone ring that I remembered him.
Me: And so…
Karen: Well, after i answered his call, I made the decicion, once and for all, to tell him that I desired that he stop harassing me, now and in the future. However even as I began to convey my point to him, he told me something that completely threw me of guards and asked me if I understood what the deal was about phone sex chats. Of course I did! (Did he think I was some kind of a virgin misguided college student who needed to be educated)? He explained that even though he he had a wife, he was in fact spending a good bit of profit on phone sex lines up until now and he could be willing to commit some of that money on me. What he just said was so unexpected that I began to giggle. For the sake of poking fun at him, I was to know the amount he was paying the different women on hid “unique” pastime and I don’t mind telling you that the amount he suggested he was paying was extremely desirable to me. It was definitely a whole lot more than what I was earning working at least 6 hours a day, 6 days a week for a whole month. It sounded too good to be true. Phone sex! But I knew, from what little experience of this world I had that it was quite possible. The money, the freedom to put all my efforts back into my studies, and… I’ll admit it… I was rather intrigued by this whole “sex” thing. And that is how I started!