Why hire a Dreams companion?

by lawyerhobbyist — published on February 14th, 2008

Hi. This is Lawyerhobbyist, a member of the Dreams team – and no, I don’t work for Dreams, I’m a client. If you chose to be verified by Dreams and use its services after reading through the site, then you are someone else who wants to be part of this venture; you’re part of that team, too.

And that raises a serious point – why are we, as clients, here? Sure, it’s easy to say “Hey, dummy, it’s because I like…” or something of that sort, but that’s not really it. You can get your lizard brain urges, like sleeping, eating, or having sex satisfied pretty much anywhere, quite easily. Why do we hire Dreams companions rather than going for something easier and cheaper?

We’re professional types; we understand value. You pay little or nothing for something, and you get little or nothing back. Lee talks a lot about “return on investment.” That’s a true concept. We want value for money, but we know that you do pay for quality. Why hire a companion and worry about quality, when we presumably just want “one thing”? Because we’re intelligent people and we want more than just to satisfy our lizard brain’s needs – we have higher needs that we need to meet.

The word “companion” says a great deal about why we’re here. A companion may not be a close personal friend, but is still someone who’s with you, someone who listens intelligently and uncritically. Many of us don’t have that need met at home, or don’t have other people who meet it elsewhere. Dreams companions do that – when they’re with you, you’re the center of their attention, and they listen. If you’ve had the experience of “I’m out the door when you’re done” or had to listen to a “paid friend” who either wanted to share all their problems with you or had nothing to say, you know exactly why that’s important. Companionship is a major form of stress relief; someone who doesn’t listen isn’t a companion.

I used to pay my shrink – I don’t need my shrink any more. A shrink isn’t invested in you, but in your diagnosis. Would you rather pay someone who considers you a case study, or someone who actually cares about you? If your real reason for seeing a shrink is needing to vent, or to find someone to talk to, their real reason for seeing you is to make a buck on your so-called mental problem. I’ve found that companions listening to me pay more attention and provide stress relief that shrinks don’t – and that leaves me a lot less depressed, instead of having to talk about being stressed or depressed.

The “you get what you pay for” sort not only don’t always leave you relaxed, by the way – they can also leave you with surprises you didn’t expect that only cause more stress, as well as expenses you didn’t need. You know that won’t happen with Dreams companions, because they’ll play safely. They also won’t call you and leave crazy messages on your cell phone, or any of the other things that certain other low-class types do to make things worse later. You want stress relief, not surprises you don’t need from someone you didn’t know before and wish later that you hadn’t met.

Stress relief. There are many forms of it, and Dreams companions use different forms of it. There’s the uncritical listening. There’s massage. There’s a lot else. If you’ve been with Dreams companions, you know just how many forms of stress relief each one has at her disposal, and just how relaxed you are afterwards. What does relieving stress do for you? For me, I do better work at the office, and more of it. I have fewer arguments at home, because I’m not in a bad mood. My clients are happier, because I’m more relaxed with them. I’m not taking my frustrations out on other people, and I’m not depressed. In short, I’m more efficient and I’m happier – and if that’s not a value-oriented return on investment, nothing is.

Privacy, sanity, stress relief, having real companionship – all of those are excellent returns on investment. But the value-added component is the benefit we receive from being better able to handle our work, our families, and our lives generally. It’s not about cost, it’s about value. Dreams gives us that value. If we’ve been verified and we are looking for that value, we’re part of the team.