Journal · Notes of a Gigolo https://alexandergigolo.com/en/blog/ The personal journal of Alexander, gigolo and escort for women and couples: notes and reflections on encounters, desire and shared time. en-GB Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Swinging: what you should know before your first night https://alexandergigolo.com/en/blog/swinging/ https://alexandergigolo.com/en/blog/swinging/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Relationships What swinging is, how the lifestyle works, what feelings it can stir up and what to know before you visit a swingers' club for the first time. Inspired by the first Swinger Pride in Gran Canaria. Six decades of prescribed sun: the history of Nordic migration to the Canaries https://alexandergigolo.com/en/blog/nordic-winter-in-the-canaries/ https://alexandergigolo.com/en/blog/nordic-winter-in-the-canaries/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Culture In the depths of the northern European winter, many people migrate to the Canaries to rediscover the pleasure of the sun on their skin. Six decades of journeys shaped by medical prescriptions, and by bodies that never quite followed medicine's script. What is a gigolo, and how is he different from an escort https://alexandergigolo.com/en/blog/difference-between-gigolo-and-escort/ https://alexandergigolo.com/en/blog/difference-between-gigolo-and-escort/ Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Culture Google gives you definitions, but it does not know what you are looking for. And those definitions do not even agree on where the gigolo ends and the escort begins. The only answer that matters does not ask you to take its word for it: you can recognise it between the lines, long before you take the first step. The names of the trade: origins and etymology of gigolo, escort, callboy and acompañante https://alexandergigolo.com/en/blog/etymology-gigolo-escort-acompanante-callboy/ https://alexandergigolo.com/en/blog/etymology-gigolo-escort-acompanante-callboy/ Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Culture Eight languages, twelve dictionaries and one revealing absence: an etymological journey through European languages and the origins of gigolo, escort, callboy and acompañante. How each dictionary, in trying to classify this trade, ended up confessing its own prejudices. Cuckold: when a man's desire means stepping out of the centre https://alexandergigolo.com/en/blog/cuckold-meaning-psychology/ https://alexandergigolo.com/en/blog/cuckold-meaning-psychology/ Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Relationships What really happens inside a cuckold dynamic, where pleasure comes through stepping aside and she sets the pace, within shared limits. The background, communication and rules of consensual infidelity. When money changes the judgement: the double standard of selling intimacy https://alexandergigolo.com/en/blog/sex-work-double-standard-money/ https://alexandergigolo.com/en/blog/sex-work-double-standard-money/ Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Culture What happens when a woman puts a price on her intimacy? Between the stigma that denies her autonomy and the violence that can tear it away, a personal reflection on sex work, the double standard and our difficulty in recognising as a choice what we would never choose ourselves. Beyond the Map: A Geography of Desire and Freedom in the Canary Islands https://alexandergigolo.com/en/blog/gigolo-canary-islands-geography-of-intimacy/ https://alexandergigolo.com/en/blog/gigolo-canary-islands-geography-of-intimacy/ Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Culture In the Canary Islands, where you choose matters as much as whom you choose: each island and each side offers a different form of freedom, anonymity and rhythm. A reading of the archipelago for anyone seeking a male companion who knows how to interpret it. The Celluloid Toll: Why Hollywood Needs to Punish the Gigolo (and What Its Scripts Hide) https://alexandergigolo.com/en/blog/gigolo-in-cinema/ https://alexandergigolo.com/en/blog/gigolo-in-cinema/ Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Culture Four decades after <em>American Gigolo</em>, the screen still condemns the male companion to prison, ridicule, or the grave. A tour through the myth, the catalogue of caricature, and what cinema never dares to film: the desire of the woman who hires him, and the reality behind the lacquer. History of the Gigolo: from the court to the algorithm, the metamorphosis of the male companion https://alexandergigolo.com/en/blog/history-of-the-gigolo/ https://alexandergigolo.com/en/blog/history-of-the-gigolo/ Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Culture Two thousand years of male desire for sale: how the figure of the companion reinvented itself in every age, from classical Greece to the age of the algorithm, and why real presence remains the ultimate luxury. Decision fatigue: how constant choices turn even your free time into a project to manage. https://alexandergigolo.com/en/blog/a-gigolo-for-a-weekend/ https://alexandergigolo.com/en/blog/a-gigolo-for-a-weekend/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Life The mental trap of high-performing women, and the real turning point for recharging: allowing yourself the luxury of deciding nothing. Opening the door to a third person: the reality of a threesome as a couple https://alexandergigolo.com/en/blog/having-a-threesome-as-a-couple/ https://alexandergigolo.com/en/blog/having-a-threesome-as-a-couple/ Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Relationships What leads a stable couple to consider a threesome, why it brings some closer and drives others apart, and how to prepare for it: communication, boundaries and the role of a professional companion.