Send her to a collection agency.
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A counter-argument might have been more to the point, but hey, don’t over-extend yourself.
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Nice use of sarcasm. Extra points for working in your love of hyphens.
The “counter-argument-in-my-previous-post” is that professional sex work and bartering are two entirely different things.
These thoughts (my underline) seem a little out of the blue in the context of this discussion and lead me to wonder if they aren’t based on your personal past experiences. If so, I’m sorry that happened to you.
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And yet I’m guessing that our girl in this hypothetical is not thinking in terms of paying for her car servicing with some number of ten-dollar blow-jobs, but of trading a single session for what she needs done, because of course she’s worth it. Which, as I mentioned earlier, is slightly insulting when piled on top of an approach that’s basically saying “For the following laundry list of reasons, you wouldn’t normally have a chance at me, but as these are trying times I’m prepared to allow it once in exchange for a couple of hundred dollars’ worth of free stuff”.
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Oh, right. As to hyphens, I’ve no special love for them, but like other elements of grammar and so on, they have their place and I like to see things in their place. I’m not exactly anal retentive, but I do try to keep my undies clean.
As to the difference between professional sex work and bartering, of course they’re different things. However, if you’re looking to assess the rate of exchange for the bartering, it might help to begin by looking at what the worth of her favours would be on the open market - and whether she would achieve that rate of return only in the face of risks or at least inconveniences that she’d prefer not to have to run. Then you might arrive at a realistic valuation to take into consideration when you’re negotiating terms.
As to the parts you underline, it’s kind of you, but no, I’ve never had to suffer the indignity of being offered sex in return for doing someone an urgent favour. I didn’t think it was altogether out of the blue, but it’s possible I’d missed a thread somewhere in the discussion.
Mechanic with benefits?
Colander, considering the number of warnings you’ve managed to gather in the depressingly short amount of time you’ve been around, you’ve been given ample opportunity, time and motivation to bone up on the rules. You’ve consistently failed to behave in a civil fashion and this latest example of a snide, backhanded insult and attack on another poster outside the Pit amply demonstrates your lack of intent to change.
Goodbye.
- Gukumatz,
IMHO Moderator
That done, the tone of this thread needs to cool down just a bit. This is a controversial subject and it’s fine to argue with both conviction and heat, but the bright line between attacking a post and attacking the poster is there for a reason. That’s why we have the BBQ Pit.
The woman is also guilty of tax evasion. Just because the activity is illegal doesn’t mean you don’t have to declare “income”. Al Capone learned this.
I don’t see tax evasion being an issue with a one-time exchange of favors, any more than it would be with “You fix my car, and I’ll babysit your kids.”
If they have explicitly exchanged service for service, then they have taxable income. If they are friends just doing favors for each other, then they do not. You’re correct if you mean they won’t likely be charged if ti’s a one time thing. But that’s because they won’t be caught.
For me, this falls into the bailiwick labeled “Things I’m Fine With Consenting Adults Doing That I Wouldn’t Do Myself.” I don’t like the mind-set of the entire scenario.
I don’t know because my partner declined her OB-gyne’s offer. She was a virgin and was curious about how she was “making out.”