Where do they go? How do they pay rent and buy food?

I think that the answer will change on a dancer-by-dancer basis. Also, it's none of my business. I'm happier because I don't involve myself in dancers' non-club lives.

C.M.I is a smart man. There are numerous variable involved but from what I have seen and heard this is the slow season inside the club. Some (not all but some) might be making ends meet outside the dance area-or because they did well enough and were smart enough they saved up a bit. Why dance when the cost to do so isn't worth the effort.

Yes. There are many answers to that question. One of my favorites is currently back home to visit family.

The foreign born go home for weeks at a time; my ATF seems to vacation a lot; sometimes they have enough cash on hand to just take time off, because unlike many other jobs, they can take weeks off and just show back up and its all the same.

A good stripper that has access to a good or at or at least decent money-making club, can usually make $$$ pretty-fast and there necessarily isn't a limit - most people's income is steady and can't just make a whole bunch more $$$ in a short amount of time by hustling/working more but a good stripper can. This doesn't necessarily explain how they can afford to take a month(s) off but may be a component - i.e. if she lives in an area with low/affordable rent, it's fairly plausible a good stripper in a good club can cover her whole rent with one or two good shifts.

Among the girls I've gotten close enough to that I've gotten some insight: Stripping is obviously tough on a lot of girls. Eventually, they save up a bit, then simply stop working until they've burned through their savings, then they're back again. Sometimes it's a vacation somewhere (strippers go on a lot of vacations), sometimes it's a staycation where they just stopped working and are partying nonstop. When it's longer than a few weeks, sometimes they had a boyfriend over that time, and/or took a shot at a regular job but couldn't deal with the pay.

I suspect that at least a few of the girls, have sugar daddies, who like to travel during the summer months, and some may be turning tricks with regular custies rather than pay house fees during slower times.

Yeah - many of these girls probably have "side-hustles" per se (i.e. "SC-like" ways of making $$$ w/o actually being in the SC- regulars they see OTC or RILs that help them out, if not regularly at least from time to time when they need them).

I know one that will work hard for a month and then take 2-3 months off until savings run out, then she's back.

I talk to some of my CF's stripper friends who do that sort of thing. As others have said, explanations vary. Some do OTC instead of going to the club. Some try out regular jobs. Some get a BF who supports them for a bit. Some save money and just burn through it. Some move back in with family. None of the ones I talk to have sugar daddies, but I'm sure 25's right on that too.

I think the actual answer is probably quite varied. There could be sugar daddies, school, trips to her home country, possible chemical issues, etc. It could be as simple as needing frequent breaks from the grind. Or it could be a flighty stripper.

-->"I suspect that at least a few of the girls, have sugar daddies, who like to travel during the summer months, and some may be turning tricks with regular custies rather than pay house fees during slower times." Yeah, I've ended up one of the guys supporting a "vacationing" stripper via OTC many times. But I'd say Papi characterized this correctly as "side hustles" -- she can't support herself with these, but they do let her extend her extended vacation.

I agree. From my dealings with them. A lot burn out and move back in with family until that doesn't work anymore. New BF is another popular move, until he is exhausted of finances or her shit. Then a lot take on school loans and live off that for a month until they realize it isn't the lottery ticket they thought it was. I've personally never seen a stripper save enough money to take a month off. I'm impressed if they can do that.

I talked one couple of days ago that just spent 20 days in jail. Free room and board. :)

Personally I like to find a sugar daddy and travel with him for a while.

@Shadow... Yes of course. That's must be the number one reason they go MIA for a month or two

This is probably worthy of an article more than a post but suffice it to say I've been the summer boyfriend of a stripper the last two years. (late spring and early fall as well) Never dawned on me till last November what was going on and my role but without a doubt that was it. This year when May came the job of SD was open since she is living and stripping again out west ( although she supposedly hates it) but I declined by silence. Too much distance and too much enjoying the party atmosphere to want a boyfriend this time around......just an SD Supposedly it's been a rough few months in the desert and I was invited out to spend time with her over her birthday weekend but I declined that offer as well......heartless basta*d that I am......

Shadowcat, jail is not funny or free. People die in there. They also ARE charged a nightly fee for being in there.

I just caught up with a dancer I haven't seen for a while. She just got out of jail after 2 months for a probation violation. I also have known dancers that vacation in N.O. or L.V. They pickup gigs for occasional shifts in places like that.

From someone that lived there for a few years no one in their right mind vacations in New Orleans June-August unless they like living in a sauna.

You'll haven't mentioned a good number of dancers are just lazy and will put off work until they absolutely need to pay the bills or buy more weed

99.99% of all people in jail deserve to be there. Criminals earn what they get.

Nina - Having never spent any time in jail, I did not know that a lot of jails are now charging for the inmates time in jail. I think that is a good time. Why should the tax payers pay for it? I never thought that it would be fun to be jailed. Like they say "If you can't do the time, don't do the crime".

"I don't think any of these dancers are making Nina money. When I ask them, I get answers like "I needed some time off", or "I have been here" when I know that they have not." I didn't realize Nina was a pimp, lol! I tend to be a subsistence stripper as well. I try to stay consistent and on a schedule, but I do fuck off a lot of the time. But my bills are low and my only obligation is my dog. That and I will get distracted with school as well. But I have occasional personal issues that keep me from being as ambitious as I should. As high maintenance as regulars can be, they do serve as a good reminder to show up. There has been multiple times that I've come in for one feeling unmotivated and with low expectations, and then end up making $700-900 instead. (Not exclusively on the regular, but they seem to help "get the ball rolling.")

I think they're at the library

Shadowcat - I agree. Taxpayers shouldn’t have to pay for criminals to have free room and board in prison. Most prisoners are leeches (roughly 99%) - and they’ve never lived a legitimate productive life on the outside. They should pay. However, I doubt there is much money to collect from most of the vermin in jails today!

I think a lot of girls just take time off especially if their bills are low. This is common here. Burnout is pretty high. Some girls also have a regular job to fall back on. Some escort when they are not at the club or fuck a sugar daddy. Some string guys along to pay their bills or give them a few hundred here n there w/o doing all that. Some do webcam/phone sex. Sometimes they are still working and travelled out of town to dance. All kinds of reasons! I am guilty of taking a lot of time off due to burnout to be honest, but I am trying to move somewhere that there would be less burnout for me. IE more acceptable clubs to work at nearby that I don't hate and/or lower contact clubs that still have good money. Lower drama/stupidity would be nice too.

"99.99% of all people in jail deserve to be there. Criminals earn what they get." That absolutely false. There are people in jail for not paying traffic tickets on time, because they didn't have the resources. There are people in jail for such petty shit that shouldn't warrant having your rights stripped of you and being confined to a cell... ...not to mention the amount of people who are in jail awaiting a trial or sentencing. Stick to divorce law.

"Nina - Having never spent any time in jail, I did not know that a lot of jails are now charging for the inmates time in jail. I think that is a good time. Why should the tax payers pay for it?" Well, now you know. And, tax payers are still paying for it as well. Just more money for the government on both ends. And as far as the "don't do the crime if you don't want the time" statement, see my above post. Also, I hardly think getting jailed for being caught with, say, half a joint, is fair in any way.

Good thing I give bomb ass blow jobs! Law enforcement lets me do whatever the fuck I want

Top possible reasons •Sugar Daddy •Boyfriend •Is doing OTC instead of going to the club •Saved up enough money to take a mini break from stripping •Trying a regular job

A lot have kids home from school during the summer months without childcare so working hours are cut down a bit

I think this job is hard to do on a consistent basis. Which is why it's good to have something else going for you unless you're the maybe 1% of girls that consistently does well and can stand to work this ridiculous ass job on a regular basis.