Needy (lemmy.ca)
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[–] 166 points 10 months ago (35 children)

I’m friends with sex workers who give comfort just like this. Some of them don’t even have sex on their menus, just physical touch, companionship, and listening. They say it’s exhausting, perhaps even moreso than sex, but the pay is good. There’s boundary issues to watch out for.

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  • [–] 34 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    That sounds like therapy with touching and without the responsibility. Probably not a bad job.

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  • [–] 67 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah but without the years of training on how to manage and help people's emotional problems.

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  • [–] 90 points 10 months ago* (24 children)

    sex workers

    don’t even have sex on their menus

    πŸ€”

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  • [–] 59 points 10 months ago (17 children)

    Just sashaying up to the counter, β€œa number nine combo and a medium sex.”

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  • [–] 41 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (11 children)

    "Sorry, we're all out of sex. How about a hotly contested disagreement followed by rapprochement and eventually a blossoming mutual respect and admiration over the course of several months?"

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  • [–] 17 points 10 months ago (10 children)

    Does it come with a side of friendship?

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    That’s literally why I asked though.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    I'm afraid that information isn't publicly available.

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  • [–] 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    I'll have two number 9s, a number 9 large, a number 6 with extra dip, a number 7, two number 45s, one with cheese, and a large soda.

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  • [–] 20 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    Wait till you find out about Cam girls

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    really? what do you think i will discover when i find out?

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  • [–] 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Sex workers that dont have sex on the menu

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child)

    if you don't have sex on a menu, you are not a sex worker, that is literally definition of the word.

    similar to when you don't do politics, you are not a politician and when you don't work in a field of medicine with a medical degree, you are not a medical doctor.

    also sex does not necessarily mean "sex with you" or "vaginal penetration".

    with that being said, here is handful guide to "cam people" for you:

    • that guy doing videos about physics: not a sexworker
    • that girl doing videos about chess: not a sexworker
    • that girl masturbating on a camera: sexworker

    hope that helps.

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago

    I used to know a gal who did SW at night, though at the time I wasn't aware of her occupation. She'd regularly hang out with my buddy and I. One day he was complaining about his back and she offered him a massage, then offered me one as well as I'd been known to have a bad shoulder While it wasn't the absolute best massage I'd had, it was up there above most places covered by my medical.

    I could 100% see people paying for company and a non-sexual contact from somebody like that. She was good with people and had a sense for now to relax people physically and emotionally.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    Yea this is known thing. Sex can be part of it but it’s not really all that important for this kind of thing. Those men (and sometimes women) are so desperate for intimacy they will literally pay for it.

    It’s the macho way of going to therapy.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child)

    Are they still called sex workers, then? I mean, your comment is kind of telling, as it is a bit confusing.

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