I’ve had a rough couple of days. Got hit with a super strong urge to pay for sex around lunchtime today. Reached out to a few sex workers in my area. Told a massage parlor I could be there in 20 mins. I actually took a shower, changed my clothes, and started to put cash in my wallet. I was planning on going through with the visit by using my lunch break at my job to go visit. As I was looking at the cash I was like “you know, if I go through with this, I’m just going to regret it later like I pretty much always do. And that’s not even getting into all the risks I’m taking. Maybe I can skip going, and perhaps I would even dodge a bullet and not even know it.” I set my wallet back down, ghosted the massage parlor I had been planning to visit, and spent the rest of the afternoon locked in to my work (and actually got a lot done).

I just had Buffalo Wild Wings delivered and I’m about to put on a movie. Although I’m trying to cut down on food delivery, I figure spending $45 on Uber Eats is a bargain compared to over $300 (plus all the intangible costs like shame etc.) on emotionless sex.

  • Proud of you friend 👍

  •  I know this feeling brother . I haven't been to a massage parlor in a long time but I've been a addict for over 10 years . Always the same and honestly, you never find what you are looking for .

  • Great job. You are right, spending $45 on B Dubs & watching a movie is a bargain compared to over $300 on an experience you may regret.

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    I agree that paying for sex shouldn’t be shameful, it’s just that the world of transactional sex is changing me in ways that I don’t want to be changed. I do have some genuinely good memories with SWers!

  • That’s great but you could have at least let the parlor know you weren’t coming. Sex workers deserve professional respect just like everyone else <3

    Yeah, normally I’m very good about giving professional respect to sex workers (if anything I usually give them far more respect than I get back), but I was so close to the edge of acting out that unfortunately ghosting felt like the safest option for me to not act out in this instance.

  • Why do you think it as emotionless?

    My recent encounters with an escort (I've only ever visited one, about 8 times) were incredibly intimate I felt.