Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
As a professional woman with two graduate degrees in her early 40s with loans and credit card bills that were used to support my basic living expenses in my 20s (rent, books, etc.) that I feel I will never, ever, ever get out from underneath of, I say go for it. I am shackled with debt even though I've had a job since I was 13 and I don't live beyond my means. But I have gotten a great education and lived in more expensive cities and, like you, have made something of myself despite my poverty-stricken childhood with a mentally ill single parent. My only regret is that I didn't do something like this when I was younger. And you really have none of the concerns that would worry me--trying to establish this relationship with a stranger, trying to do this with someone you found physically revolting or someone whose company you didn't enjoy. He's a nice guy who you already know isn't a freak. He's ok in bed. He's done this before. GO FOR IT.
But, I really would just embrace it and do it right. Screw feeling too morally shy to get a good deal for yourself. If you're doing it, do it smart. Tuition PLUS other stuff--not "gifts" and not cash. Tangible stuff. Like rent. And have it paid in advance (it will help take out the transactional nature of it). And you two need a real conversation re: whether you are permitted to date others and also talk birth control and STD protection. And have an end date. It will be helpful to you both. The exit is the thing that could get really, really messy. For both of you. What if you want out and he doesn't? Vice versa. Have clear conversations now so it's workable when it ends. And good luck.
And when it's over, don't look back. You are alone in this world. You did what you needed to do and it doesn't have to define who you will be later.
Why don't you prostitute yourself today to pay off your debts then?
LOL, getting two grad degrees was probably a bit much.[/quotle]
So as a mom would you recommend this to your daughter?
I'm the poster who said I had been raised in a similarly bleak situation. And I wished I had been given a safe, friendly financially secure arrangement with someone I was already into having sex with while I was pursuing my degrees. I didn't say I wish I had prostituted myself. There's a difference and I'm sorry some of you are so judgmental and uptight so as not to see it. Instead of having a safe "sugar daddy," I had destructive relationships with boyfriends poorer than myself who I ended up supporting. Because I had such a jacked-up childhood that I spent my youth trying to recreate the dysfunction I'd seen as a child. That's what fucked-up kids do. Took me at least a decade of adulthood to right my own ship. And yeah, getting 2 grad degrees was probably too much. Although, again, I had zero idea of what I was doing. I raised myself. And no one in my fucked up family or my wider environment even had a high school diploma and I knew I wanted better for myself. So I went overboard and over-compensated. Now that I basically have my shit together, I can see that. But I couldn't then. All you judgers out there. You had meals cooked for you as kid, didn't you? And a roof? Electricity? Basic human kindness? Safety? Well guess what? Some kids don't have that. Or adults, for that matter. Some people live in their cars, get repeatedly raped by their own family members and struggle for basic survival. Some people are raised by barely functioning adults who are struggling with their own mental illnesses or addictions so badly that they cannot provide their children with basic necessities. What a consenting adult female decides about voluntarily sharing her body with another consenting adult, and whether she accepts financial benefits in the confines of some arrangement, either as part of an explicit arrangement such as this or something more socially acceptable like a "marriage" is something I'm not going to judge her for. Particularly not someone who doesn't have a support structure like many "normal" people have.
So now that I'm a mom, would I recommend this to my daughter? Nope. But not because it's "objectively wrong." It's because my daughter isn't alone in this world. She has support. She has the emotional, physical and financial support of two parents who aren't insane. We will be there for her so she won't ever have to even think about this. I didn't have that. I didn't have anything close to that. And although I have no idea what the details are, it sounds like OP doesn't either. And I for one am not going to judge her for taking steps to get her life on track and get a great job and position herself well in this life through this means--a consenting relationship that doesn't harm others.