My mind thought the same thing. I was thinking drugs caused her to give up dreams of being a ballerina/dancer. It didn't cross my mind until it was said.
For someone who's lived a comparatively sheltered life (always had the knowledge of what goes on in the world as that was never hidden or sugar coated from me but I'd never actually witnessed any of it first hand until I was an adult etc) I find it weirdly fascinating to hear stories about working in clubs and in bars etc and how there's that whole other subculture. Some of those people could- and probably were- living double lives just to survive and get by every day! You are such an inspiration with how you have picked yourself up and turned your life around through all the hardships and difficulties life has thrown at you! Stay strong mama we love you ❤
Welcome to the club! You can sit at our table in the cafeteria. It’s past the Tati Westbrook table. You don’t want to sit with them. Look for Jen, Jessica Kent & Christina Randall & sit with us! (These are actual UA-camrs if you haven’t found their channels yet.)
@@roccop913 Jen’s community is still small enough that it’s very sweet & kind....unless someone says something nasty about Jen. I’ve never seen a nasty comment, but I feel badly for anyone who comes in & doesn’t respect Jen or the community. 😈 Because she’s awesome, her channel will grow so big, she’ll be so busy swimming in $$ like Scrooge McDuck, she won’t be able to give us the individual attention we get from her. She’s like a REAL PERSON, not some made up UA-cam personality.
As a cocktail server turned dancer.......you're not wrong lol. I remember hearing this joke when I first started cocktail serving at the club. I thought "WHAT? Me?! Never!".......lol.
I don't recall you ever mentioning being a dancer, I was a little shocked but at the same time I could see it. You have a nice body and you're pretty and cute! Love ya more and God bless ❤️❤️🌟🌟🌟💯❤️❤️
When I read the title I thought “ oh she used to dance oh ok cool” then when I realized what you ment I’m just like OHHHH OH ok lol. I had a moment haha. I love your story times tho so interesting
Yes girl ! It definitely gives you a way different perspective on men. And it really does make you more confident. I started at 18 and it definitely played a big part in my addiction
I love how open, honest, and blunt you are. Like let's call it a stripper thats what it is. I mean it's killer money and sometimes u gotta do what you gotta do
Jen i LOVE your transparency!! Thank you for keeping it real. What a crazy life, being a stripper. I agree, When I was young, many years ago I tried cocaine. I couldn't stand that stuff. I never understood why people liked it. I'm just grateful that I didn't like it. I really appreciate the way you tell a story you don't hide certain parts you just come out and say it like it is. Have a wonderful weekend. see you at your next video.
I love your channel!! Been binging your videos since last night (took a break to sleep lol). I have a video request for you- would you be comfortable elaborating more on your addiction? The way I've seen it, and I'm a recovering addict myself, the drug use is usually a symptom of trauma. Was there traumas that drugs filled the hole for? I know that's a MASSIVE question, but I think it needs to be talked about more. I admit, like you with heroin, the moment I took pain killers (legitimately at first), I fell in love. That's the only way to describe it. By the end, I had a $200/day habit paid for by doing things I would NEVER have done normally. But it was because it numbed the emotional pain- even though the drugs just brought on more trauma and I put myself in situations that resulted in more trauma. I do a lot in the recovery community today (Christ centered recovery), but this has been a consistent story I've heard. Keep the videos coming, people like you brave enough to put this stuff all out there is the reason so many are sober today. You're going to be a powerhouse in the recovery community!! Sending you prayers of continued healing, love, light, and happiness!!
Soft grey cats like that are my favorite. That's why we got our late cat Bria, when we never planned on another pet. Her color was gorgeous so I had to have her.
TYSM for sharing with us Jenn. I'm so so glad I found your channel. It's always easy to go back to the path of least resistance. (easy $) We are stronger for making money in the NOT so easy way. Love you all!
Awww Luna...i had a pregnant stray i fed this summer i named Luna i miss her. I can relate a lot to this I never stripped but did sugar daddy dating for years..its hard not to be jaded
OMG! Crazy- I’m a Jersey girl but in 2014 i moved down to Orlando and at the end of my addiction I worked at across the street at Star ⭐️ anyways, love hearing your story!
Funny you say you started looking at men differently. When I was single, and before I was finally truthful with myself and my sexuality, I looked at men the same way you did-I’d use them to get my rocks off. Soon as it was over, I’d get ready to bounce. If a man can do it, why can’t I? I was single, I was being safe, and would only deal with one dude at a time...it’s gets tiring after a while though.
I did the same thing before I was married. The guys wouldn’t know how to handle it!! I felt it was my “civic duty”. For all the times they did it to other girls, now they knew how it felt. 😈
@@DarkbutNotsinister GO GIRL!!! I had that same thought process: I come from a family full of men, many of which are whores. I was young, single, and I do with my cooter as I please bc it’s MINE. So long as you’re single, being safe, not hurting yourself or someone else, AND CONSENTING, do whatever the fuck you want!! You’re so right when you say dudes can’t handle “being used”. I always got the “you’re leaving ALREADY?!” 😹😹😹
Not always a bad thing. I was married very happily for 23 yrs. My husband died suddenly. Devastated, with a large family of grieving kids & my mom dying of cancer, another man was the last thing on my mind for a long time. No one could fill my husband's place. When I finally was willing to get out there (was pushed out there), still have no interest in a relationship at all. An hour is all I can commit to or have interest in. I know how to have a long healthy relationship but just have no interest now, and also wouldn't bring a man into our younger children's lives anyway. It works certain times of your life.
@@betsybabf748 oh honey I’m so sorry to hear about your loss. I don’t think I could commit to someone after such an ordeal either. I applaud you for not wanting to introduce your younger children to another man (now or ever). Too many women tend to do so too quickly, too often. Not only does it show a bad example (esp if you have young daughters) but it often leads to confusion on the child’s part. Best of luck to you and your family 😘
@@betsybabf748 We just had our 23rd anniversary, I am so sorry for your loss. I think if I started dating before I was ready, I would just be “unpleasant” to everyone. EVERYONE. (Including the people who pushed me) There is so much strength in Jen’s community, and it manifests itself in different ways for different people. All of it is amazing. I want Jen’s channel to be huge & successful....but I really like our little group the way it is. We’re all different, but we all support one another. This is what’s RIGHT about the internet. A creator who is able to send positivity, strength and determination right through my phone screen.
Hi hi!! Lol ugh I got 4 hrs of sleep 💤 And my knees are so throbbing and the pain in other parts woke me 3 times. Ahhhh wonderful aging gracefully??? Lol. You do NOT look your age at all. You are beautiful. I hope you know what I and I know others think of you? Nobody’s perfect. But you are smart, sweet, loving, wise, beautiful, kind, caring, empathetic, a good friend, a good momma(I know this because of every single thing you’ve said referring to sweet Bella, is for HER benefit in life, you are selfless to a fault these days, and I hope you’re doing your best at the moment to be good to yourself as much as you can. It is hard at times. I blame myself for my health which is ? Cuz who plans to die of cardiac problem, have a stroke, have epilepsy etc, but the impact it’s had on my husband and kids breaks my heart. I try to feel it and let it go. I know it will come back but I have to reprocess again and again with the hope even tho I have a “broken “ noggin, lol that one day I myself will come to terms with things and cease punishing myself for things out of my control and concentrate more on those that are. I don’t know if that’s how you feel? But it’s just my opinion. Seeing you, I think your a really good human being. I made a few terrible mistakes in my teens and up until 22, and then 7 yrs ago had a breakdown from decades of trauma and not dealing with any of it. I was abusively brought up to push it down and it nearly killed me , just my mind alone, more than once. Other than the poop show 2020 has truly been for so manyyyyyy reasons, I’m still hoping and praying I can improve on what I have to work with. But not every day do I have that strength of mind, nor does my body help in the least. But I see an inspiration drive in you and I feel positive when I watch you and Jess’s content. You’ve taught me so much yourself just in 3 months of “knowing “ you. 💜🌻💜 And your smile is so warm and makes a person feel safe to engage with you. Anyone is fortunate & blessed to be a priority person in your life. 🤍xo, Kimberly. P.s. I hope you have a great day and a wonderful weekend.☀️
I left JK's latest after watching it for 30 seconds because I checked the second notification and saw the word '"stripper". Also, I immediately hit like. Surprised you did that because you seem a thoughtful philosophical person. It makes sense in retrospect, because when I saw the walk around it was a revelation. The glasses make a huge difference, believe me.
Girl!! I KNOW that necklace!! I am a Paparazzi Consultant/Director!! I have paid close attention to all your earrings...and I thought I was sure they were Papa....but that necklace...I LOVE THAT PIECE!!!!
Great video Jen! Thank you for sharing. I’m curious in all the places you worked in that industry, were drugs and using always prevalent? We’re there any bars/clubs where that wasn’t the scene?
Did I SERIOUSLY forget to comment yesterday?? If so, I'm sorry... great storytime.. I live in the Tampa Bay area... & funny, I was just in Daytona during Bike Week bc I was visiting my cousin!! Love you, girl!!!!💜💜
Such a good explanation of the psychology of dancing. It's hard to explain the way you start to see men as objects. But I always say that every woman should dance for at least a few months. It's nice being told you are beautiful and sexy on a daily basis by so many people.
Girl I relate so much. I danced all over the place and told my family the whole time I was waitressing. Also tried coke for the first time working as a dancer. It’s everywhere, I don’t think there was a single girl that worked there who wasn’t on coke.
Yeah, adult industry tends to be a reflex fallback once you've been in it. I went into a different side of it. And yes, it definitely helps with body issues and long helped me accept myself plumper. Now I'm thinner but it's stacked differently than any other time at this weight/size, so I'm having a hard time. I began older than you did, and was a way to get by between other things til just straight that all the time. Wouldn't call it easy money, but it's fast. I know a long term adult industry woman who began as a dancer and thinks that's how people should start so they don't otherwise under charge. Says otherwise, you may as well bartend. Fat or thin (especially big, as at the beginning, being bigger wasn't as acceptable as it is now) I've never had the body for stripping, as my tits are 2 different cup sizes and shapes, and I don't have the personality for bartending bc I'm not friendly and talkative, just let other people talk to/at me. Lol, so that's that.
Isn't it crazy when we sit an think bck on what life was like while living TOTALLY under the influence of what ever was the D.O.C. at the time, mine was a mixture of thing's but ended up totally opiods in the end, but I CAN'T say it wasn't there frm jump for me cuz my 1st "sniff" of thing's where OC 80 an ALSO that white girl U speak of... Man Mama am I GLAD THAT is NOT my LIFE NOW!! I dnt USUALLY open up an say thing's about my past an addiction BUT I SWARE it's like talkin to a old FRIEND when I watch ur vids Jen!! Lol SOO much alike yet world's apart! Lol I moved to FL. When I was 24 and in the middle of a messy divorce! An at this point in time FL. and it's constant beautiful EVERY WHERE.... It HELPED save me, I had gained a shit ton of weight on to my 5 ft even frame of a body SOOO NO DANCING FOR ME!! My daughter an her being 3 an NEEDING me not jus cuz she was a normal 3 yr old BUT cuz she had gone thru my Xs rain of terror as WELL!! An I stayed single not even a 1 nite stand kinda life for the nxt almost 5 yrs. That time was around June of 02'- 03' .... My baby needed me MORE then ANYTHING an SHE was an is who ultimately SAVED ME 💜💙💜💯👑👑 I continued on my addiction trail tho but more less BEHIND the scenes for me. THANK GOD WE'RE NOT THERE ANY MORE!! Jen do U ever have dreams of those time's an U wake up an it's like U HAVE to focus an look around like making SURE of WHERE ur at?? Even tho U KNOW where U ARE the dreams to me can EFFECT my ENTIRE day if their of CERTAIN time's bck THEN... I DIDN'T dream for a long time or atleast I DIDN'T REMEMBER them.... An even tho NOW I am VERY GRATEFUL for being ABLE to dream... Sometimes it does take me places I'd NEVER revisit in REAL LIFE!! Much love frm Bradenton girl!! I live about 2 hrs south of where U had stayed in the sunshine state!! Hope U an Urs are having a great 1 today!! Thanks for being U Jen!! It's SOOO appreciated!! 💖💖🌴🌴💖💖💯💯
Jen:: "Does it get better"? Jen's friends:: "Yeah!" ... "Totally..." Jen's friend Dorothy from the future:: "NOOOOOOO!!!" ... "STOP!!!" ... "They are so LYING to you right now!!!!" Future Jen:: "Girl, I know..." 😁😂🤣 Except for the just about five years difference in our ages, (I turn 46 in February), and our locations being geographically opposite one another, way back in our bad ol days... I grew up and spent the first 39 years of my life in Gresham Oregon, just outside of Portland. I moved to Montana two days after the Christmas before I turn 39. So polar opposite sides of the country lol. Otherwise, we lived VERY similar lives, you and I. Apart from those differences, girl SERIOUSLY... you just told my story! There's some other OBVIOUS things we did differently. Though you and I and our approach to opiates, was only slightly different, the outcome was almost the same. But, I was a TERRIBLE drug dealer!! Becaaaaauuuussssseeee... I was such a successful addict!! Lol, you know the old adage, "never get high on your own supply"? Yeah.... NEVER followed that rule.... But, for me as well, it was meth that fueled most alll of my bad decisions. Most... ALL of the time... From my 18th birthday until I was almost 30 I danced and tended bar off and on too. When I wasn't doing one I was doing the other! I 100% think we probably would have been either REALLY amazing friends, or ABSOLUTE mortal enemies! 🤣😂🤣 But I do know one thing without a shadow of a doubt!! I am so glad I found your channel!!! Because, sometimes, just listening to you tell your story is therapeutic for me! Lately it has even helped me pick up my journals again and chronicle some of my crazy story for my kids to read some day maybe understand me better and why I did or didn't do thing in my/their lives. That has been a very important part of the healing process I've been going through for a while now. I'm not sure if I hadn't found your channel specifically if I had to be there yet... Ya know?? I haven't picked those journals up in a very long time. You and Jess mostly are the reason why I have. But though I love Jess, I can relate to you on a level I haven't related to anybody in a long time! For that... Just thank you! You have no idea what kind of impact you have on somebody like me... Who's been sober for a long time and never gone to jail or prison. You remind me of an old friend who been through it and doesn't want anyone else to have to... in my ear saying, "Girl get off your ass and get it done! Handle yo shit!" I needed that in my life! I think more now than ever before! Love ya girl! I have so much respect for what you are trying to do in your little town and couunty! Not to mention, in the world as a whole!!! Your light is an amazing thing to watch grow! Keep doin whatcha do because you ROCK!!! Have a fantastic day! 💋🐬💜
I admire people who work in the sex industry, huge respect for them. It's a hard industry, that is unfairly judged by society. Some of the smartest people I know have worked in the sex industry and you never know why someone is doing what they're doing. Plus, being a dancer is hard freaking work. That being said of course there are terrible sides of the industry, and they need to be addressed of course, for the safety of the workers.
I admire dancers. Shit I always say “God knows what he did when he didn’t give me the body I wanted bc I’d be swinging off a pole my damned self!” BTW, you really do have a rocking’ body. Women literally die trying to get a figure like yours
And I’m 44 and yep I remember the nip tape I was 21 when I started so we might’ve been working there around the same time that’s so funny what a small world ah!!!!
I worked at that club for 5yeara then went to Rachel’s that is a “classy” club lol for that last 2 years til I got pregnant with my son and couldn’t hold my tummy in any more I was married with my late husband he just passed away in 2015 😢 but it was a good time I was young and made a lot of money for my family
@@JenCutting haha That’s not the only thing everyone goes there for heehee... but the food there is absolutely amazing are used to love it when my customers would asked me to have dinner with them that was part of the perks of working there you can kind of have like a date night with your customers and make bank. I kind of miss those days way too old now but I’m glad I did it while I was younger I was married and did mess around and learn things like you were saying in your story because I didn’t drink I didn’t do drugs before then so I learned a lot but I had a balanced life because I was married and had a little girl it was a good time great money miss that LOL
Omg thats my cat!!! lol You picked her up and I was like Omg! My cat looks exactly like that, but shes super timid and skittish and doesnt really like to be held or anything. My cat also has super soft fur, how about Luna?
^ ^ No wonder you turned to the drugs......what you are describing is an terrible lifestyle! Jaded as you put it. Im glad you got through it alive. Foxy Pagan love fae Scotland VVxx
They won’t let you have a checking account?! Is that new??? My ex had one, but he had one before going in. You can’t live with your husband?! Is it because he’s a felon too? NYS parole is a mess
HEY Jen...Never would have imagined, but so cool Jen and can see how.. you're very pretty! If you got the body and the moves and need to make money, Hey, why not not, right? I sure wish I would have had that type of body back in the day because you better believe it, I'd been swinging around that pole in 6 inch heels! 👠 🤩 lol No shame!😁 Yes, Pretty sure the The Thong Song came out the year 2000. 👍😜 Have a great weekend, my friend. 😊
I pole dance for the workout in a studio. Word got around to the local strip clubs and when i wanted to go have a good time with my friends, i would constantly be asked by the strippers to critique their performances 😂😂🙈🙈
Hey Jen! Great video! I started stripping pretty much the moment I turned 18 and did it on and off in my 20's as well as escorted and met a sugar daddy through that (mid 2000's where you could advertise on Craigslist and Backpage.com. Craigslist no longer as a section for this and Backpage doesn't exist anymore I don't think. I got busted on a call I went on from a Backpage ad. It was a sting operatiopn. They caught another girl before me and while we sat in jail together she told me they were saying to each other "Hurry up and get her out of here! The other girl is coming!" I felt really bad for her cuz she had to call her HUSBAND and tell her why she was in jail. It was bad enough I had to call my mom and I was dope sick (I was gonna go cop after I met up with the dude who wound up being an undercover cop. I had a sick feeling in m stomach when he opened the door of the hotel room but I was so dope sick I just wanted the money to go score so I didn't listen to my gut insticts.) and the cop actually let me do stuff with him before they busted into the room, guns pointed at me, I'm completely naked on the bed with my hands up in the air, he's also naked. They were in a separate room watching everything on camera and had audio of it too (according to court documents) and the cops knew they fucked up in letting me blow the cop cuz they are supposed to bust you the MOMENT money is exchanged for the act of sex, not in the middle of the sex act. So I got off on probation for a year with that one cuz the evidence went AGAINST the COPS and not so much me. Before I got strung out on heroin I was addicted to coke and did it day and night. I was lucky when they busted me I only had needles and a spoon on me and no dope or I would have had a drug charge too. My sugar daddy ditched me when I stopped giving him "sugar" and got into shooting heroin. It was nice to have all my bills paid and go on lavish trips while it lasted though. More of these story times please! Love ya Jen!
OMG that's where o was in 95 and yes it was a nice cl UI b lol. Holy shit how did I just see this video. I worked there too 😂😂😂. I was born and raised there. Until I was 20
Idk how exactly that "manipulation" went but from a stranger's outside perspective it doesn't sound inherently bad. You were working and the men that came for lap dances and such were customers, of course you're gonna be "judging" the customer considering the service you were giving. I don't know, just my opinion and I don't know how it really was. Just don't see anything wrong with "using your assets" in a specific way so a customer will pay more?
🤣 even in my party days in early 2000's it wasn't all that great. It was so stepped on. Out of the 30x I did it, 10 was good. Always was too afraid of powder drugs after that & preferred the X pills & Rx pills.
I always say "I wish I would've been there in late 70's early 80's for the pure age..but actually, I'm glad I wasn't. Probably wouldn't be here today. Thank God, I was done w the street by the time H made it here. ❤ all of my brothers n sisters in recovery. Hearing all of your stories is absolutely tremendous n so helpful to my own recovery.
My stupid ass read the title and was like ooh maybe she used to do ballet! 😂 haha wrrrrong
Same
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DLMAO sorry couldn't resist!
My mind thought the same thing. I was thinking drugs caused her to give up dreams of being a ballerina/dancer. It didn't cross my mind until it was said.
LOL!!😜
I would LOVE to hear more stories from the club!! The good bad and ugly, I know you got em 😉
Oh do I!!
YAAAASSS!!! Tell us ALL the stories!!
@@rubigee4397 don't you worry. I will.
@@JenCutting SOOOOOO looking forward to it! You should make it a series!
Oh my god, The Thong Song. I was a literal child when that came out and I would sing along not even knowing what it meant haha!
For someone who's lived a comparatively sheltered life (always had the knowledge of what goes on in the world as that was never hidden or sugar coated from me but I'd never actually witnessed any of it first hand until I was an adult etc) I find it weirdly fascinating to hear stories about working in clubs and in bars etc and how there's that whole other subculture. Some of those people could- and probably were- living double lives just to survive and get by every day!
You are such an inspiration with how you have picked yourself up and turned your life around through all the hardships and difficulties life has thrown at you! Stay strong mama we love you ❤
I’m soo glad I found your channel😊 You’re an inspiration💕
Welcome to the club! You can sit at our table in the cafeteria. It’s past the Tati Westbrook table. You don’t want to sit with them. Look for Jen, Jessica Kent & Christina Randall & sit with us!
(These are actual UA-camrs if you haven’t found their channels yet.)
@@DarkbutNotsinister ya boyzzzzzz!!! Totally agree!!!
@@roccop913 Jen’s community is still small enough that it’s very sweet & kind....unless someone says something nasty about Jen.
I’ve never seen a nasty comment, but I feel badly for anyone who comes in & doesn’t respect Jen or the community. 😈
Because she’s awesome, her channel will grow so big, she’ll be so busy swimming in $$ like Scrooge McDuck, she won’t be able to give us the individual attention we get from her. She’s like a REAL PERSON, not some made up UA-cam personality.
I've worked in a lot of clubs and theres a running joke in them all.
What's the difference between a dancer and a cocktail server?
1 week
As a cocktail server turned dancer.......you're not wrong lol. I remember hearing this joke when I first started cocktail serving at the club. I thought "WHAT? Me?! Never!".......lol.
I love hearing about the wild stuff that went down in the clubs & THE THONG SONG LOL 😂 we need more story times 🤪
I'm a dancer and can confirm i have heard "the thong song" still being played at nearly every single club ive worked in 🤣🤣🤣🤣
41!? You look INCREDIBLE 😱😍🔥 love listening to your stories Jen
I don't recall you ever mentioning being a dancer, I was a little shocked but at the same time I could see it. You have a nice body and you're pretty and cute! Love ya more and God bless ❤️❤️🌟🌟🌟💯❤️❤️
your always a breathe of fresh air Jen
I appreciate you 🖤🖤🖤
GREAT VIDEO!! I loooove hearing these stories!
YESSS SISTER I LIVE HERE IN ORLANDO STILL AND YES ITS STILL THERE I USED TO WORK AT THE CLUB by the same owner right ACROSS THE STREET!!!!
When I read the title I thought “ oh she used to dance oh ok cool” then when I realized what you ment I’m just like OHHHH OH ok lol. I had a moment haha. I love your story times tho so interesting
Yes girl ! It definitely gives you a way different perspective on men. And it really does make you more confident. I started at 18 and it definitely played a big part in my addiction
I love how open, honest, and blunt you are. Like let's call it a stripper thats what it is. I mean it's killer money and sometimes u gotta do what you gotta do
We KNOW the rumbling in the background is the cats playing in boxes (mostly), but I forget new people find you all the time!
Hi Luna Kitty!!
Jen i LOVE your transparency!!
Thank you for keeping it real. What a crazy life, being a stripper. I agree, When I was young, many years ago I tried cocaine. I couldn't stand that stuff. I never understood why people liked it. I'm just grateful that I didn't like it. I really appreciate the way you tell a story you don't hide certain parts you just come out and say it like it is. Have a wonderful weekend. see you at your next video.
The Thong Song... wauw now I feel old lol. 🤣
Morning girl!! 🌟
i danced from 18-38. now i’m 41 like you ❤️
I love your channel!! Been binging your videos since last night (took a break to sleep lol). I have a video request for you- would you be comfortable elaborating more on your addiction? The way I've seen it, and I'm a recovering addict myself, the drug use is usually a symptom of trauma. Was there traumas that drugs filled the hole for? I know that's a MASSIVE question, but I think it needs to be talked about more. I admit, like you with heroin, the moment I took pain killers (legitimately at first), I fell in love. That's the only way to describe it. By the end, I had a $200/day habit paid for by doing things I would NEVER have done normally. But it was because it numbed the emotional pain- even though the drugs just brought on more trauma and I put myself in situations that resulted in more trauma. I do a lot in the recovery community today (Christ centered recovery), but this has been a consistent story I've heard. Keep the videos coming, people like you brave enough to put this stuff all out there is the reason so many are sober today. You're going to be a powerhouse in the recovery community!! Sending you prayers of continued healing, love, light, and happiness!!
I love this. Thank you so much. Yes. There is always trauma. I def will do a video on this. Thanks for the amazing idea 😘😘😘
Soft grey cats like that are my favorite. That's why we got our late cat Bria, when we never planned on another pet. Her color was gorgeous so I had to have her.
TYSM for sharing with us Jenn. I'm so so glad I found your channel. It's always easy to go back to the path of least resistance. (easy $) We are stronger for making money in the NOT so easy way. Love you all!
Good morning Jen!!! 💕
Well that was a video I wasn't expecting. Excited for more story times. Great video as always!
Hey Jen!!! Love you!
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Oooo girl I clocked so fast!!!
I love that you love cats! 😻 Luna is beautiful! Thanks for sharing another relatable and eye opening story.
Awww Luna...i had a pregnant stray i fed this summer i named Luna i miss her. I can relate a lot to this I never stripped but did sugar daddy dating for years..its hard not to be jaded
I find it so inspiring to hear your stories! Love your new kitty, she is adorable 💕
OMG! Crazy- I’m a Jersey girl but in 2014 i moved down to Orlando and at the end of my addiction I worked at across the street at Star ⭐️ anyways, love hearing your story!
Funny you say you started looking at men differently. When I was single, and before I was finally truthful with myself and my sexuality, I looked at men the same way you did-I’d use them to get my rocks off. Soon as it was over, I’d get ready to bounce. If a man can do it, why can’t I? I was single, I was being safe, and would only deal with one dude at a time...it’s gets tiring after a while though.
I did the same thing before I was married. The guys wouldn’t know how to handle it!! I felt it was my “civic duty”. For all the times they did it to other girls, now they knew how it felt. 😈
@@DarkbutNotsinister GO GIRL!!! I had that same thought process: I come from a family full of men, many of which are whores. I was young, single, and I do with my cooter as I please bc it’s MINE. So long as you’re single, being safe, not hurting yourself or someone else, AND CONSENTING, do whatever the fuck you want!!
You’re so right when you say dudes can’t handle “being used”. I always got the “you’re leaving ALREADY?!” 😹😹😹
Not always a bad thing. I was married very happily for 23 yrs. My husband died suddenly. Devastated, with a large family of grieving kids & my mom dying of cancer, another man was the last thing on my mind for a long time. No one could fill my husband's place. When I finally was willing to get out there (was pushed out there), still have no interest in a relationship at all. An hour is all I can commit to or have interest in. I know how to have a long healthy relationship but just have no interest now, and also wouldn't bring a man into our younger children's lives anyway. It works certain times of your life.
@@betsybabf748 oh honey I’m so sorry to hear about your loss. I don’t think I could commit to someone after such an ordeal either. I applaud you for not wanting to introduce your younger children to another man (now or ever). Too many women tend to do so too quickly, too often. Not only does it show a bad example (esp if you have young daughters) but it often leads to confusion on the child’s part.
Best of luck to you and your family 😘
@@betsybabf748 We just had our 23rd anniversary, I am so sorry for your loss.
I think if I started dating before I was ready, I would just be “unpleasant” to everyone. EVERYONE. (Including the people who pushed me)
There is so much strength in Jen’s community, and it manifests itself in different ways for different people. All of it is amazing.
I want Jen’s channel to be huge & successful....but I really like our little group the way it is. We’re all different, but we all support one another.
This is what’s RIGHT about the internet. A creator who is able to send positivity, strength and determination right through my phone screen.
Hi hi!! Lol ugh I got 4 hrs of sleep 💤
And my knees are so throbbing and the pain in other parts woke me 3 times. Ahhhh wonderful aging gracefully??? Lol. You do NOT look your age at all. You are beautiful. I hope you know what I and I know others think of you? Nobody’s perfect. But you are smart, sweet, loving, wise, beautiful, kind, caring, empathetic, a good friend, a good momma(I know this because of every single thing you’ve said referring to sweet Bella, is for HER benefit in life, you are selfless to a fault these days, and I hope you’re doing your best at the moment to be good to yourself as much as you can. It is hard at times. I blame myself for my health which is ? Cuz who plans to die of cardiac problem, have a stroke, have epilepsy etc, but the impact it’s had on my husband and kids breaks my heart. I try to feel it and let it go. I know it will come back but I have to reprocess again and again with the hope even tho I have a “broken “ noggin, lol that one day I myself will come to terms with things and cease punishing myself for things out of my control and concentrate more on those that are.
I don’t know if that’s how you feel? But it’s just my opinion. Seeing you, I think your a really good human being. I made a few terrible mistakes in my teens and up until 22, and then 7 yrs ago had a breakdown from decades of trauma and not dealing with any of it. I was abusively brought up to push it down and it nearly killed me , just my mind alone, more than once. Other than the poop show 2020 has truly been for so manyyyyyy reasons, I’m still hoping and praying I can improve on what I have to work with. But not every day do I have that strength of mind, nor does my body help in the least. But I see an inspiration drive in you and I feel positive when I watch you and Jess’s content. You’ve taught me so much yourself just in 3 months of “knowing “ you. 💜🌻💜
And your smile is so warm and makes a person feel safe to engage with you. Anyone is fortunate & blessed to be a priority person in your life. 🤍xo, Kimberly. P.s. I hope you have a great day and a wonderful weekend.☀️
I left JK's latest after watching it for 30 seconds because I checked the second notification and saw the word '"stripper". Also, I immediately hit like. Surprised you did that because you seem a thoughtful philosophical person. It makes sense in retrospect, because when I saw the walk around it was a revelation. The glasses make a huge difference, believe me.
Girl!! I KNOW that necklace!! I am a Paparazzi Consultant/Director!! I have paid close attention to all your earrings...and I thought I was sure they were Papa....but that necklace...I LOVE THAT PIECE!!!!
I love paparazzi. All my stuff is 🖤🖤🖤
@@JenCutting ahhh!!!!! So cool!!!
Great video Jen! Thank you for sharing. I’m curious in all the places you worked in that industry, were drugs and using always prevalent? We’re there any bars/clubs where that wasn’t the scene?
Your videos are always so quiet lol i have to turn the volume way up then i poop when a ad plays😂😂😂😂
Soon I will get a mic. I promise. Im still trying to not be poor lmao
I feel that 😂Put one on your Amazon list I bet someone will get it for you❤ haha
I live in Florida!!
Turn up the volume.
Girl I loved this video!!!
Did I SERIOUSLY forget to comment yesterday?? If so, I'm sorry... great storytime.. I live in the Tampa Bay area... & funny, I was just in Daytona during Bike Week bc I was visiting my cousin!!
Love you, girl!!!!💜💜
Good morning Jen! ☀️☀️☀️
Such a good explanation of the psychology of dancing. It's hard to explain the way you start to see men as objects. But I always say that every woman should dance for at least a few months. It's nice being told you are beautiful and sexy on a daily basis by so many people.
Girl I relate so much. I danced all over the place and told my family the whole time I was waitressing. Also tried coke for the first time working as a dancer. It’s everywhere, I don’t think there was a single girl that worked there who wasn’t on coke.
JEN! I live in Orlando!! This place is still there. I'm dying 😂
Awwwww hey Luna-girl! Oh, and hi to you too, Jen 🤣
Love your videos!!!
Luna is so pretty!!
Yeah, adult industry tends to be a reflex fallback once you've been in it. I went into a different side of it. And yes, it definitely helps with body issues and long helped me accept myself plumper. Now I'm thinner but it's stacked differently than any other time at this weight/size, so I'm having a hard time. I began older than you did, and was a way to get by between other things til just straight that all the time. Wouldn't call it easy money, but it's fast. I know a long term adult industry woman who began as a dancer and thinks that's how people should start so they don't otherwise under charge. Says otherwise, you may as well bartend. Fat or thin (especially big, as at the beginning, being bigger wasn't as acceptable as it is now) I've never had the body for stripping, as my tits are 2 different cup sizes and shapes, and I don't have the personality for bartending bc I'm not friendly and talkative, just let other people talk to/at me. Lol, so that's that.
Isn't it crazy when we sit an think bck on what life was like while living TOTALLY under the influence of what ever was the D.O.C. at the time, mine was a mixture of thing's but ended up totally opiods in the end, but I CAN'T say it wasn't there frm jump for me cuz my 1st "sniff" of thing's where OC 80 an ALSO that white girl U speak of... Man Mama am I GLAD THAT is NOT my LIFE NOW!! I dnt USUALLY open up an say thing's about my past an addiction BUT I SWARE it's like talkin to a old FRIEND when I watch ur vids Jen!! Lol SOO much alike yet world's apart! Lol I moved to FL. When I was 24 and in the middle of a messy divorce! An at this point in time FL. and it's constant beautiful EVERY WHERE.... It HELPED save me, I had gained a shit ton of weight on to my 5 ft even frame of a body SOOO NO DANCING FOR ME!! My daughter an her being 3 an NEEDING me not jus cuz she was a normal 3 yr old BUT cuz she had gone thru my Xs rain of terror as WELL!! An I stayed single not even a 1 nite stand kinda life for the nxt almost 5 yrs. That time was around June of 02'- 03' .... My baby needed me MORE then ANYTHING an SHE was an is who ultimately SAVED ME 💜💙💜💯👑👑 I continued on my addiction trail tho but more less BEHIND the scenes for me. THANK GOD WE'RE NOT THERE ANY MORE!! Jen do U ever have dreams of those time's an U wake up an it's like U HAVE to focus an look around like making SURE of WHERE ur at?? Even tho U KNOW where U ARE the dreams to me can EFFECT my ENTIRE day if their of CERTAIN time's bck THEN... I DIDN'T dream for a long time or atleast I DIDN'T REMEMBER them.... An even tho NOW I am VERY GRATEFUL for being ABLE to dream... Sometimes it does take me places I'd NEVER revisit in REAL LIFE!! Much love frm Bradenton girl!! I live about 2 hrs south of where U had stayed in the sunshine state!! Hope U an Urs are having a great 1 today!! Thanks for being U Jen!! It's SOOO appreciated!! 💖💖🌴🌴💖💖💯💯
Luna is such a cutie!! I would love to hear more about your dancing days! I bet you’ve got some crazy ass stories!! 🖤
I love the new kitty!!!
You are amazing🥰❤️
Jen::
"Does it get better"?
Jen's friends::
"Yeah!" ... "Totally..."
Jen's friend Dorothy from the future::
"NOOOOOOO!!!" ... "STOP!!!" ... "They are so LYING to you right now!!!!"
Future Jen::
"Girl, I know..."
😁😂🤣
Except for the just about five years difference in our ages, (I turn 46 in February), and our locations being geographically opposite one another, way back in our bad ol days... I grew up and spent the first 39 years of my life in Gresham Oregon, just outside of Portland. I moved to Montana two days after the Christmas before I turn 39.
So polar opposite sides of the country lol. Otherwise, we lived VERY similar lives, you and I.
Apart from those differences, girl SERIOUSLY... you just told my story!
There's some other OBVIOUS things we did differently. Though you and I and our approach to opiates, was only slightly different, the outcome was almost the same.
But, I was a TERRIBLE drug dealer!!
Becaaaaauuuussssseeee...
I was such a successful addict!!
Lol, you know the old adage, "never get high on your own supply"?
Yeah.... NEVER followed that rule....
But, for me as well, it was meth that fueled most alll of my bad decisions. Most... ALL of the time...
From my 18th birthday until I was almost 30 I danced and tended bar off and on too. When I wasn't doing one I was doing the other!
I 100% think we probably would have been either REALLY amazing friends, or ABSOLUTE mortal enemies! 🤣😂🤣
But I do know one thing without a shadow of a doubt!! I am so glad I found your channel!!!
Because, sometimes, just listening to you tell your story is therapeutic for me!
Lately it has even helped me pick up my journals again and chronicle some of my crazy story for my kids to read some day maybe understand me better and why I did or didn't do thing in my/their lives.
That has been a very important part of the healing process I've been going through for a while now. I'm not sure if I hadn't found your channel specifically if I had to be there yet... Ya know?? I haven't picked those journals up in a very long time.
You and Jess mostly are the reason why I have.
But though I love Jess, I can relate to you on a level I haven't related to anybody in a long time!
For that...
Just thank you!
You have no idea what kind of impact you have on somebody like me... Who's been sober for a long time and never gone to jail or prison.
You remind me of an old friend who been through it and doesn't want anyone else to have to...
in my ear saying, "Girl get off your ass and get it done! Handle yo shit!"
I needed that in my life! I think more now than ever before!
Love ya girl!
I have so much respect for what you are trying to do in your little town and couunty!
Not to mention, in the world as a whole!!!
Your light is an amazing thing to watch grow!
Keep doin whatcha do because you ROCK!!!
Have a fantastic day!
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I admire people who work in the sex industry, huge respect for them. It's a hard industry, that is unfairly judged by society. Some of the smartest people I know have worked in the sex industry and you never know why someone is doing what they're doing. Plus, being a dancer is hard freaking work.
That being said of course there are terrible sides of the industry, and they need to be addressed of course, for the safety of the workers.
I admire dancers. Shit I always say “God knows what he did when he didn’t give me the body I wanted bc I’d be swinging off a pole my damned self!”
BTW, you really do have a rocking’ body. Women literally die trying to get a figure like yours
Xoxoxo
Omg me too lady me too!!!! 😂🤣😂😋
I can't tell y'all how many men have told me through my life, "If I had your body I'd be rich! If I had a psy I'd be so rich!!!"
@@amberwkly3747 I say that to women too! 🤣😹
Being a dancer is HARD WORK. Mad respect to anyone who can swing around a pole in 7” heels- and do it for a whole shift.
Love the video&Luna is super cute 💕💕
And I’m 44 and yep I remember the nip tape I was 21 when I started so we might’ve been working there around the same time that’s so funny what a small world ah!!!!
I worked at that club for 5yeara then went to Rachel’s that is a “classy” club lol for that last 2 years til I got pregnant with my son and couldn’t hold my tummy in any more I was married with my late husband he just passed away in 2015 😢 but it was a good time I was young and made a lot of money for my family
Omg Rachels!!! 🤣 Everyone went there for their "steak". Hahhahahaha
@@JenCutting haha That’s not the only thing everyone goes there for heehee... but the food there is absolutely amazing are used to love it when my customers would asked me to have dinner with them that was part of the perks of working there you can kind of have like a date night with your customers and make bank. I kind of miss those days way too old now but I’m glad I did it while I was younger I was married and did mess around and learn things like you were saying in your story because I didn’t drink I didn’t do drugs before then so I learned a lot but I had a balanced life because I was married and had a little girl it was a good time great money miss that LOL
I’m a dancer currently and I feel the same way about men I think all dancers do
Omg thats my cat!!! lol You picked her up and I was like Omg! My cat looks exactly like that, but shes super timid and skittish and doesnt really like to be held or anything. My cat also has super soft fur, how about Luna?
Omg I want a Tortie!!! Luna is soooo ca-yute!
You’re 41?!? You look amazing!
The thong song ohhh wow I think I was just born when that came out 😂😂😂
Can you do a video on VIP room? Like what goes down etc
Luna is so adorable!! 😭😍
Strippers and bartenders are therapists!! Period! Florida is an absolute trip in itself.
The thong song🤣 Im from and still in florida😩 Saint Augustine right between Jax and Daytona:)
Good Morning!
^ ^ No wonder you turned to the drugs......what you are describing is an terrible lifestyle! Jaded as you put it. Im glad you got through it alive. Foxy Pagan love fae Scotland VVxx
They won’t let you have a checking account?! Is that new??? My ex had one, but he had one before going in. You can’t live with your husband?! Is it because he’s a felon too? NYS parole is a mess
I think strippers/dancers and sex workers in general get such a bad rap when it’s just another job. I’d love to hear more about your dancing days 💗
Hi guys from Oklahoma 💜💙💜💙
Aye I worked at molly browns in Daytona
HEY Jen...Never would have imagined, but so cool Jen and can see how.. you're very pretty!
If you got the body and the moves and need to make money, Hey, why not not, right? I sure wish I would have had that type of body back in the day because you better believe it, I'd been swinging around that pole in 6 inch heels! 👠 🤩 lol No shame!😁
Yes, Pretty sure the The Thong Song came out the year 2000. 👍😜
Have a great weekend, my friend. 😊
In Orlando I believe the girls still have to wear pasties
I pole dance for the workout in a studio. Word got around to the local strip clubs and when i wanted to go have a good time with my friends, i would constantly be asked by the strippers to critique their performances 😂😂🙈🙈
Yooooo staten island!!
Hey Jen! Great video! I started stripping pretty much the moment I turned 18 and did it on and off in my 20's as well as escorted and met a sugar daddy through that (mid 2000's where you could advertise on Craigslist and Backpage.com. Craigslist no longer as a section for this and Backpage doesn't exist anymore I don't think. I got busted on a call I went on from a Backpage ad. It was a sting operatiopn. They caught another girl before me and while we sat in jail together she told me they were saying to each other "Hurry up and get her out of here! The other girl is coming!" I felt really bad for her cuz she had to call her HUSBAND and tell her why she was in jail. It was bad enough I had to call my mom and I was dope sick (I was gonna go cop after I met up with the dude who wound up being an undercover cop. I had a sick feeling in m stomach when he opened the door of the hotel room but I was so dope sick I just wanted the money to go score so I didn't listen to my gut insticts.) and the cop actually let me do stuff with him before they busted into the room, guns pointed at me, I'm completely naked on the bed with my hands up in the air, he's also naked. They were in a separate room watching everything on camera and had audio of it too (according to court documents) and the cops knew they fucked up in letting me blow the cop cuz they are supposed to bust you the MOMENT money is exchanged for the act of sex, not in the middle of the sex act. So I got off on probation for a year with that one cuz the evidence went AGAINST the COPS and not so much me. Before I got strung out on heroin I was addicted to coke and did it day and night. I was lucky when they busted me I only had needles and a spoon on me and no dope or I would have had a drug charge too. My sugar daddy ditched me when I stopped giving him "sugar" and got into shooting heroin. It was nice to have all my bills paid and go on lavish trips while it lasted though. More of these story times please! Love ya Jen!
I have to ask... what was your stage name??
Feels about the coke. I always hated it too lol.
OMG that's where o was in 95 and yes it was a nice cl UI b lol. Holy shit how did I just see this video. I worked there too 😂😂😂. I was born and raised there. Until I was 20
how old was your “older gentleman”?
Drinking Pinot eating sour patch kids enjoying ur channel xxo
IM COnFUeD I THOUGHT THE CAT YOU ALREADY HAD WAS LUNA GiiIRRRRRLL
Lina
I now have Lina and Luna
I can relate to the lifestyle where you size men up & use them for money. It changes you, not for the better.
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Idk how exactly that "manipulation" went but from a stranger's outside perspective it doesn't sound inherently bad. You were working and the men that came for lap dances and such were customers, of course you're gonna be "judging" the customer considering the service you were giving. I don't know, just my opinion and I don't know how it really was. Just don't see anything wrong with "using your assets" in a specific way so a customer will pay more?
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Can you please invest in a mic or speaking louder.
I listen to you when i drive & i have to turn my speakers up to the max & still cant hear you. 😬😩
I was just able to afford one!! Tomorrow is the first vid that I use it. Let me know of it's better 🖤
You're beautiful 😍
You look like your 27 years old
Cocaine is definitely not what it was in the early 80s. I guess that’s a good thing right 😂
🤣 even in my party days in early 2000's it wasn't all that great. It was so stepped on. Out of the 30x I did it, 10 was good. Always was too afraid of powder drugs after that & preferred the X pills & Rx pills.
I always say "I wish I would've been there in late 70's early 80's for the pure age..but actually, I'm glad I wasn't. Probably wouldn't be here today. Thank God, I was done w the street by the time H made it here. ❤ all of my brothers n sisters in recovery. Hearing all of your stories is absolutely tremendous n so helpful to my own recovery.