# Horrified at the money I've squandered on prostitutes **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 4, 2018, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrified-at-the-money-ive-squandered-on-prostitutes/811811 "2018-04-04T14:41:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrified-at-the-money-ive-squandered-on-prostitutes/811811/201 "2018-04-10T00:55:41Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > Work to make prostitution legal. Know the prostitutes in question so that you can get a feel for whether they are being exploited or are actually in it for the free trade. Make sure they are legal adults - and hopefully women who have been legal adults for several years. > > I don’t have a problem with prostitution - I have a problem with the exploitation of prostitutes. Fair enough. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrified-at-the-money-ive-squandered-on-prostitutes/811811/202 "2018-04-10T00:59:08Z")
I wouldn’t start lamenting about the money squandered on prostitutes until that amount reaches six figures. _ **That’s** _ indicative of a problem. Or it was _ **my** _ problem, at least. Just know that lots of people have experience with things that nobody talks about. Societal stigmatization is powerful and oppressive. It doesn’t mean you can’t find kindred spirits who can relate to you. This message board just might be the wrong place. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrified-at-the-money-ive-squandered-on-prostitutes/811811/203 "2018-04-10T02:08:58Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > I wouldn’t start lamenting about the money squandered on prostitutes until that amount reaches six figures. _ **That’s** _ indicative of a problem. Or it was _ **my** _ problem, at least. Just know that lots of people have experience with things that nobody talks about. Societal stigmatization is powerful and oppressive. It doesn’t mean you can’t find kindred spirits who can relate to you. This message board just might be the wrong place. Yeah, but what if you make 7-8 figures? ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrified-at-the-money-ive-squandered-on-prostitutes/811811/204 "2018-04-10T02:59:48Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Yeah, but what if you make 7-8 figures? > [@Ambivalid](#): > > Or it was _ **my** _ problem, at least. I thought this clarified things. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrified-at-the-money-ive-squandered-on-prostitutes/811811/205 "2018-04-10T13:03:30Z")
Oh right. Sorry, missed that part. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrified-at-the-money-ive-squandered-on-prostitutes/811811/206 "2018-04-10T13:50:58Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Fair enough. Unfortunately, doing those things is as hard or harder than finding a fuck buddy. Ethically using the services of prostitutes in a locality where prostitution is illegal is simply logistically difficult - even if you don’t have an ethical problem with prostitution as a concept. Prostitutes are not about to show you a drivers licenses to prove they are over eighteen and not about to tell you that 90% of their fee goes to their pimp. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrified-at-the-money-ive-squandered-on-prostitutes/811811/207 "2018-04-10T14:14:17Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > Unfortunately, doing those things is as hard or harder than finding a fuck buddy. Ethically using the services of prostitutes in a locality where prostitution is illegal is simply logistically difficult - even if you don’t have an ethical problem with prostitution as a concept. Prostitutes are not about to show you a drivers licenses to prove they are over eighteen and not about to tell you that 90% of their fee goes to their pimp. Well, I’m definitely not recommending any sort of illegal activity. However, I can think of numerous legal means that don’t involve a lot of work. ---
**Author:** ![Marcus\_Flavius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@Marcus\_Flavius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marcus_Flavius)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrified-at-the-money-ive-squandered-on-prostitutes/811811/208 "2018-04-10T18:07:57Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > **The world is full of women** - just keep asking them. > > Regards, > Shodan Water water everywhere, and not a drop to drink ---
**Author:** ![Marcus\_Flavius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@Marcus\_Flavius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marcus_Flavius)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrified-at-the-money-ive-squandered-on-prostitutes/811811/209 "2018-04-10T18:14:26Z")
So the girl I had a good time with texted me asking if I wanted to see her (Backpage has been shutdown, so a lot of them are reaching out to their old clients)… I decided, what the hell, I’ll do thus one last time before quitting forever. It was…OK I suppose. Not as good as last time. She didn’t seem nearly as into it. She didn’t want to kiss (she had no problem with me kissing her last time), and she kept checking the clock, she hardly checked the clock at all last time. Inthe future, I’ll probably look back and view this segment of my life as the most agitated, desperate, and pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrified-at-the-money-ive-squandered-on-prostitutes/811811/210 "2018-04-10T18:39:28Z")
> [@Marcus\_Flavius](#): > > Gee, I feel like I’d have to be dating one hell of a high maintenance woman for that to be possible. Not really. In Vegas, a guy took me to a French restaurant where the bill with tip was $300 and then to see the “Michael Jackson One” show at the Mandalay for $217 a ticket. We had drinks afterwards at the Madarin Oriental Sky Lounge. Add it all up and divide by two, and that comes to almost $600. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrified-at-the-money-ive-squandered-on-prostitutes/811811/211 "2018-04-10T18:40:46Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > Not really. In Vegas, a guy took me to a French restaurant where the bill with tip was $300 and then to see the “Michael Jackson One” show at the Mandalay for $217 a ticket. We had drinks afterwards at the Madarin Oriental Sky Lounge. Add it all up and divide by two, and that comes to almost $600. And? Then what happened? ---
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrified-at-the-money-ive-squandered-on-prostitutes/811811/212 "2018-04-11T04:30:39Z")
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