- Feb 23, 2015
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Been a regular in a models room for a couple years now. Very beautiful, a bit standoffish at first, but once you get past her occasional obliviousness and intermittent temperament issues, you find there is a delightfully young-at-heart girl (very sweet) who still believes she is 19. But she is not; she is in her early 30's.
It has started to show a little bit. This might not be a problem for a model that is a good performer and has built a following, but she hasn't. And getting older means different things for different individuals; many might do better as they age. Not her.
Her birthday last year, I noticed there weren't near as many coming around as the year before. It was a colossal letdown tipwise. Her birthday is coming up again soon, and she says she doesn't think she is even going mention it this year. I guess it is hard enough having to watch tips dry up and traffic drop; I would imagine a birthday show nobody comes to anymore is nothing but a kick when you are down...
This past year has been rough. As regular tippers have dropped off, they just haven't been replaced by newer ones. It has been heartbreaking to witness, it just gnaws at me. I really can't get it out of my head. The other night I was watching Old Yeller (one of my all time faves), and I broke down and bawled like a baby.
It is pretty clear the old girl is done for. No two ways about it. Nothing but desperation and despair in the forecast from here on out.
I know conventional wisdom dictates that I should just let things run their course, let her figure things out in her own time. I know the urge to try and "fix" this is probably not a good idea.
Still, I can't help but wonder if dropping a few slightly negative(?) tipnote compliments with new accounts (like "omg its so nice to see someone your age on here") might help speed up this difficult transition period. Or at least make it more bearable. Then again, it might just give her false hope, encourage her to linger even longer.
There have already been a few crude remarks made by others, considerably less sensitive than anything I would dare say. Didn't really seem to bother her. But I guess I just sort of feel this desire to help cushion the landing if I can. Sort of counteract some of the blunt assholes with some niceness maybe.
I don't know. I just don't know. This has been weighing on me for months now.
It has started to show a little bit. This might not be a problem for a model that is a good performer and has built a following, but she hasn't. And getting older means different things for different individuals; many might do better as they age. Not her.
Her birthday last year, I noticed there weren't near as many coming around as the year before. It was a colossal letdown tipwise. Her birthday is coming up again soon, and she says she doesn't think she is even going mention it this year. I guess it is hard enough having to watch tips dry up and traffic drop; I would imagine a birthday show nobody comes to anymore is nothing but a kick when you are down...
This past year has been rough. As regular tippers have dropped off, they just haven't been replaced by newer ones. It has been heartbreaking to witness, it just gnaws at me. I really can't get it out of my head. The other night I was watching Old Yeller (one of my all time faves), and I broke down and bawled like a baby.
It is pretty clear the old girl is done for. No two ways about it. Nothing but desperation and despair in the forecast from here on out.
I know conventional wisdom dictates that I should just let things run their course, let her figure things out in her own time. I know the urge to try and "fix" this is probably not a good idea.
Still, I can't help but wonder if dropping a few slightly negative(?) tipnote compliments with new accounts (like "omg its so nice to see someone your age on here") might help speed up this difficult transition period. Or at least make it more bearable. Then again, it might just give her false hope, encourage her to linger even longer.
There have already been a few crude remarks made by others, considerably less sensitive than anything I would dare say. Didn't really seem to bother her. But I guess I just sort of feel this desire to help cushion the landing if I can. Sort of counteract some of the blunt assholes with some niceness maybe.
I don't know. I just don't know. This has been weighing on me for months now.