# "Back page" ads (escorts, etc.) **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 24, 2008, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-page-ads-escorts-etc/469293 "2008-10-24T02:03:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-page-ads-escorts-etc/469293/1 "2008-10-24T02:03:34Z")
So VeryCoolSpouse & I are out this evening, having a few cocktails and reading the local entertainment and etc. rag. Flipping through the back page type ads, in the “Busty Nurses” and “Big Booty” ads, most say “in or out” and one says “$60 in, $80 out.” Now we assume “in” means “at your place” and “out” means “somewhere else.” Is the extra $20 to cover a cheap (e.g. by the hour) motel room? Or does it mean something else? Neither of us has a clue. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Slant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mr.Slant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Slant)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-page-ads-escorts-etc/469293/2 "2008-10-24T02:15:55Z")
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**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-page-ads-escorts-etc/469293/3 "2008-10-24T02:18:58Z")
Not an expert, but I do read _Savage Love_. I would assume that in meant at their place, and out meant at your place, and the extra $20 was to cover the cost of transportation. And dude, if you’re looking at sixty buck hookers, you’ve got to start paying more, seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-page-ads-escorts-etc/469293/4 "2008-10-24T02:25:43Z")
In means you go to them; out means they go to you. The extra cost reflects the time they lose off the job by having to travel to and from wherever you are. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-page-ads-escorts-etc/469293/5 "2008-10-24T10:23:22Z")
Oh so _that’s_ what it means. I was thinking, on a per-stroke basis, it could get expensive pretty quick… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Wiltshire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ea5d25/32.png) [@Wiltshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wiltshire)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-page-ads-escorts-etc/469293/6 "2008-10-24T12:33:21Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Oh so _that’s_ what it means. I was thinking, on a per-stroke basis, it could get expensive pretty quick… 😛 Never mind that. What I want to know is, what’ll happen after you went in, and then realise that you can’t afford to get out of there. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![BrandonR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@BrandonR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrandonR)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-page-ads-escorts-etc/469293/7 "2008-10-24T12:38:32Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Oh so _that’s_ what it means. I was thinking, on a per-stroke basis, it could get expensive pretty quick… 😛 It could also be rather inexpensive for some of u… Some people! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-page-ads-escorts-etc/469293/8 "2008-10-24T12:48:57Z")
I was thinking maybe it referred to where the guy… released. Out would be messier. ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-page-ads-escorts-etc/469293/9 "2008-10-24T12:59:25Z")
> [@Wiltshire](#): > > Never mind that. What I want to know is, what’ll happen after you went in, and then realise that you can’t afford to get out of there. A conjoined visit to the nearest ATM will clearly be necessary. When you get there, and nobody is saying it will be an easy ride, make sure she doesn’t see you enter your PIN. Banks are pretty tight on security these days and if your identity gets stolen you will have some serious explaining to do. ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-page-ads-escorts-etc/469293/10 "2008-10-24T13:18:52Z")
> [@Bill\_Door](#): > > …if you’re looking at sixty buck hookers, you’ve got to start paying more, seriously. We have 8 kids. We can sometimes (not very often) spend $60 on an entire evening’s entertainment/getaway: dinner & drinks (happy hour with appetizers) plus a movie and babysitter and that’s it. Hookers? Fugeddaboudit. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-page-ads-escorts-etc/469293/11 "2008-10-24T13:28:13Z")
> [@Wiltshire](#): > > Never mind that. What I want to know is, what’ll happen after you went in, and then realise that you can’t afford to get out of there. :eek: They make you wash dishes. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-page-ads-escorts-etc/469293/12 "2008-10-24T14:07:54Z")
> [@NoCoolUserName](#): > > We have 8 kids. We can sometimes (not very often) spend $60 on an entire evening’s entertainment/getaway: dinner & drinks (happy hour with appetizers) plus a movie and babysitter and that’s it. Hookers? Fugeddaboudit. mmm…happy hour…