73-year-old escort reveals the grossest request she’s ever had from a client

“He wanted me to participate in my own erasure,” she says. “To pretend I was worthless. That my body was repulsive. That my life was over.”

Margaret declined.

“I told him no. Calmly. Firmly.”

The man seemed surprised. Not angry—just confused.

“He said, ‘But this is what you’re for, isn’t it?’”

That sentence still haunts her.

The Myth of What Escorts Are “For”

Margaret says one of the most persistent misconceptions about sex workers is that money erases humanity.

“People think because they’re paying, they’re entitled to anything,” she explains. “Not just acts, but attitudes.”

In her experience, the most troubling requests weren’t extreme sexual acts, but requests that required her to absorb a client’s self-loathing, misogyny, or existential dread.

“Some men want to punish women for being alive,” she says. “Others want to punish us for aging. And some want both.”

She believes her age made her a particular target for certain fantasies.

“There’s a cultural disgust around old women,” Margaret notes. “We’re supposed to disappear quietly. When we don’t, it unsettles people.”

The client’s request forced her to confront that reality head-on.

“He didn’t see me as a person with history, resilience, children, lovers,” she says. “He saw a prop.”

Saying No — and Walking Away

After she refused, Margaret offered to end the session early. The man declined and left shortly afterward, visibly embarrassed.

She never saw him again.

“I didn’t feel guilty,” she says. “I felt relieved.”

That moment reaffirmed her commitment to boundaries, even late into her career.

“There’s a myth that older escorts are desperate, that we’ll accept anything,” she says. “That’s nonsense. If anything, age gives you the confidence to walk away.”

Margaret continued working for several more years after that incident, gradually reducing her client list before retiring in her late sixties.

“I left on my own terms,” she says proudly.

What That Request Taught Her

Looking back, Margaret doesn’t dwell on the man himself. Instead, she reflects on what the experience revealed about broader social attitudes.

“That request wasn’t just about him,” she says. “It was about how society treats aging, especially in women.”

She believes the discomfort people feel around older sex workers exposes a deeper fear.

“We remind them that desire doesn’t expire neatly. That bodies don’t stop being bodies just because they’re older.”

Margaret also sees the incident as a reminder that “gross” doesn’t always mean graphic.

“The grossest things I’ve encountered weren’t messy or strange,” she says. “They were cruel.”

Life After Escorting

Today, Margaret lives quietly. She gardens. She reads. She volunteers. Occasionally, she speaks anonymously to journalists and researchers about her experiences.

“I don’t regret my career,” she says. “It fed my children. It taught me strength. It showed me the best and worst of people.”

Would she do it again?

“Under the same circumstances? Yes,” she answers without hesitation. “But I’d still say no to that request.”

Because for Margaret, dignity was never for sale.

“No amount of money is worth agreeing that you’re less than human,” she says. “Not at any age.”