Families across the UK are feeling the pinch as energy and fuel prices rise and the cost of living rises.
However, one couple has discovered an unusual way to make ends meet.
April Harris, 37, allows her boyfriend Jamie Perkins to have sex with other women for a fee.
Dad-of-three Jamie, 47, has been a gigolo for nearly 30 years, and the £500 he earns each month helps supplement the couple’s income.
“There’s no easier or faster way to make money, and it fits around my work and family,” Jamie, from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, told The Sun.
“April sometimes struggles with the attention I get from other women, but she knows that at the end of the day, I’m all hers.”
April met Jamie, a support worker at Tesco, where she works.
“I wasn’t expecting to fall in love with Jamie when we met in the supermarket that day,” she explained.
“We struck up a conversation, and he was upfront about his life as a gigolo from the start.”
“I was intrigued, and Jamie was eager to answer any questions I had about how everything works.”
“He’s refreshingly honest – sometimes too honest!”
Jamie began working in sex when he was 19 years old.
He was working as a sports therapist at the time, and a couple of female clients suggested he could make a fortune by offering ‘extra services.’
“At first, I was terrified and declined. “But after a few weeks of deliberation, I decided to give it a shot,” Jamie explained.
“They were my first clients, and I’ve relied on gigolo work ever since.”
Jamie, who has three children from a previous marriage, ages seven, eight, and ten, frequently works 15 or 16-hour shifts in his main job as a support worker, which pays him £19,000 per year.
But even with April’s £21,000-a-year salary from Tesco, the couple is barely scraping by.
“We work full-time, but three kids aren’t cheap,” Jamie explained. That’s why what I do as a gigolo is so beneficial.
“I charge £50 per session and probably make £6,000 per year.” It means the kids will have access to everything they require.”
April, who has a 19-year-old daughter, agrees, and while she understands that what Jamie does may be controversial to some, she has the utmost respect for a man who will go to any length to support his family.
Pays the bills
“We don’t live a lavish lifestyle,” she explained. Jamie spends her extra money on household expenses and her children.
“If they need new trainers or if a large bill on the car comes up, we know Jamie can go out and meet a few clients and earn the money we require.”
While Jamie assures April that what he does is merely a financial transaction, she admits that she is only human and can feel insecure at times.
“I’m just a regular girl, we all have things we don’t like about ourselves,” April explained.
“I’ve got a mum tum, and while I’ve never felt jealous, I do get insecure when Jamie leaves to have sex with another woman.”
“However, Jamie always puts my mind at ease, and if I ever feel insecure, we talk it through together.”
“In general, Jamie is ‘pro-women.'” He’s all about empowering women and boosting their self-esteem.
“If any of my friends are having a bad day, I’ll ask Jamie to talk to them – he always knows what to say.”
“He constantly refers to me as his queen and tells me I’m beautiful. We have excellent communication and a very solid relationship; we complement each other perfectly.
“I am in charge of the household, while Jamie is in charge of the bedroom.” He’s also bloody good at what he does, which makes me a very happy woman!”
Both agree that what happens in their bedroom is very different from what Jamie does at work.
“I don’t kiss any of my clients; that’s only reserved for April,” Jamie explained.
“I also won’t sleep with married women unless their husbands agree.”
“The connection just isn’t there for me when I have sex with clients.” April’s kisses are ablaze with passion. She’s the only woman I’m interested in.”
April concurs, stating that at home, she and Jamie make love, whereas what he does with clients is simply sex.
“Our sex life is very different; it’s personal and intimate, and it’s just for us,” she explained. Nobody understands what I do.
“Jamie doesn’t stay with clients overnight or even stay for a cup of tea afterward.”
Obsessive clients
Both have regular sexual health check-ups, which April regards as any other routine test at the doctor’s office.
“Jamie has had the snip, so I don’t have to worry about any unintended pregnancies,” she added.
“However, I’ve had a few unwelcome visitors to the house.”
“I’m well aware that Jamie’s clients occasionally form attachments to him.
“Women frequently associate sex with emotion, whereas men may only associate sex with physical pleasure.”
“Clients emotionally invest in their relationship with Jamie and can get obsessed.
“I politely tell them where to go and I think I scare them off. But we’ve even moved house before to get away from one woman Jamie slept with.”
