"There's an inherent kind of self-denial, the subject of The Handyman of West Texas, identified only as Mickey, said in a recent interview. We all have these thoughts. But we lie to ourselves and try to conform to how you're supposed to be repressing your own pleasure."
"He had just gotten divorced from a woman to whom he had been married to for two decades. He wanted to keep himself occupied as well as earn a little money during his resting periods between his fracking work, which typically involve 15-hour daily shifts, two weeks at a time."
"She said she would like him to fix shutters at her mansion while her husband was away on an oil rig. Shortly after he arrived, she successfully leaned in for a kiss and they had sex. She paid Mickey $200 despite his not touching a single shutter at her home."
A West Texas fracker known as Mickey, featured in the podcast The Handyman of West Texas, describes how his attempt to supplement income through handyman work evolved into a lucrative escorting business. After divorcing after twenty years of marriage, Mickey sought to fill time between his demanding fracking shifts by advertising home repair services online. His first client, a church deacon's wife, initiated sexual contact instead of requesting repairs, paying him $200. This encounter launched an unexpected five-year career servicing married women throughout the Midland area of the Permian Basin, generating mid-six-figure earnings. Mickey attributes his success to the region's repressive sexual attitudes, which he believes created psychological pressure and unfulfilled desires among local women, particularly oil industry professionals' wives.
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