Chapter 4: Aunt Linda Takes Charge

“Hey girl, you?re looking hot this morning,” she greeted me rather sarcastically but the smile on her face disarmed her remark. She liked to tease me and I guess I was usually an easy mark for her. It’s not like she was dressed all that hot herself as she tossed her winter coat over the back of the love seat. She was wearing a pant outfit - something I rarely saw her in so evidently she wasn’t planning on entertaining any clients today.

One of the reasons it took a lot for my aunt to step in and convince her daughter to quit the “escort” business was that in some ways, my aunt wasn’t all that different. Sure, she was a licensed Realtor and all, but in today’s housing market there’s a ton of competition and my aunt wasn’t afraid to use every “Asset” she had to her advantage. She specialized in upscale homes typically purchased by executives moving in from out of town or those that had been promoted and were looking to upscale their homes. Thus she worked with a lot of “Alpha” type males, accustomed to knowing what they wanted - and getting it, especially when it came to women.

Sure sexual harassment and sex discrimination are supposedly gone or at least on their way out but try telling that to the real world executive. They may not put things in those terms but they DO know where a woman’s place is, at least in their opinion. While it may have irritated her sensibilities, my aunt was more than willing to use their sexist attitudes to turn quit a pile of commissions at a time when most realtors were crying. Listening to her describe some of her clients and what she? done to get a sale, I don’t think she really minded it all that much either.