# You Have \*Consensual\* Sex With A Wealthy And Powerful Person: How Much To Keep Quiet **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 1, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-consensual-sex-with-a-wealthy-and-powerful-person-how-much-to-keep-quiet/807957 "2018-02-01T16:45:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-consensual-sex-with-a-wealthy-and-powerful-person-how-much-to-keep-quiet/807957/61 "2018-02-06T10:39:14Z")
> [@Mangosteen](#): > > Maybe I’m missing something here. > > If they were so wealthy and powerful, why wouldn’t they just have you killed if they thought you might talk? Even for rich people, murder is not the default course of action. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-consensual-sex-with-a-wealthy-and-powerful-person-how-much-to-keep-quiet/807957/62 "2018-02-06T14:39:38Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Even for rich people, murder is not the default course of action. Rich, no. But _powerful_. Powerful people murder by default. It’s how you stay powerful. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-consensual-sex-with-a-wealthy-and-powerful-person-how-much-to-keep-quiet/807957/63 "2018-02-08T05:49:57Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > The list of people I would have sex with is very short, and I’d keep it quiet. Hell, I once cashiered a very famous person and didn’t tell anyone… And they let me keep their change for “not saying anything.” Ooo, sounds kinky. But what, exactly, is “cashiering”? Not heard of that one. ---
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-consensual-sex-with-a-wealthy-and-powerful-person-how-much-to-keep-quiet/807957/64 "2018-02-09T03:50:26Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Ooo, sounds kinky. But what, exactly, is “cashiering”? Not heard of that one. “cashiering”? You striped their clothes off? ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-consensual-sex-with-a-wealthy-and-powerful-person-how-much-to-keep-quiet/807957/65 "2018-02-09T15:40:13Z")
I think that my exact words to the lawyer would be “Fuck …have them call me.” I can handle my own social life, and I expect the same. ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-consensual-sex-with-a-wealthy-and-powerful-person-how-much-to-keep-quiet/807957/66 "2018-02-09T18:42:06Z")
It wouldn’t occur to me to take money not to say I’d had sex with someone. That’s not generally something that comes up in conversation anyway. I wouldn’t agree to sign an agreement, though - I can’t remember anything to save my life; I’d put the paper away and promptly forget it ever existed. That’s why I take great pains not to lie; it’s too much trouble to remember what I lied about and I’m ultimately a lazy person. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-consensual-sex-with-a-wealthy-and-powerful-person-how-much-to-keep-quiet/807957.md?page=3)