Well, I guess I am an asshole according to some SP ladies present, because I prefer not to spend more than $200 per session. The opinion from those SPs I do see, however, is that I am a nice guy, a gentleman, and someone they look forward to seeing again. Few on this board are more educated than I... undergraduate degree and two post-graduate degrees. I have had very successful careers in different fields.
Now, when I have seen a $$$ girl, it was to see a specific fantastically beautiful face on an equally amazing body. I still do that sometimes, albeit rarely. But I have visited also some import young-uns who have also overwhelmed my visual sense for less than $200 - fond memories of a Korean and of a Japanese quickly race to mind. With the micro women, it is mainly about the sex but also I find them to be unrehearsed in their down-to-earthness and genuine response.... maybe I am just lucky there. But, as always, to each his and her own, for both the pooner and the SP... no judgement anywhere about folk's choice. I am grateful this is a free country.
To the OP... a real relationship with a great girl with whom you shared real emotion and engaged intimacy would be the surest way to a lasting memory. Of course, the hangup is the goodbye when you leave to be eight years unavailable. A SP can give you a wonderful simulation of what a girlfriend might be like, but it is not the real thing, and you will always know it. There are always other customers waiting in line for every SP on this board. I may recall some individual SPs whom I have had to pleasure to meet, to make love with and some to know; but it is the loves in my life who are forever in my mind with the warmest reminise.
So, short of a true girlfriend now, make your memories on your furloughs with all the attractive interesting women you might meet. Your memories lie in front of you.