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 👍
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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.
Well done 👍
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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.