Would a TS escorting rule out romance?

[CreativeMind]

Originally Posted by ila

You're really reaching now. As you go about your daily life the actions of Melissa in no way impact on you. Nor does her choice of what she does reflect on who you are, what you are, or what you do. No one forms an opinion of you based on what Melissa does.

It's not a reach at all -- it's just you siding with Melissa and not even getting the point that I was making.
In fact, you ultimately ended up AGREEING with me, Ila.

You just said (quote): "You're really reaching now. As you go about your daily life the actions of Melissa in no way impact on you."

Well, compare that to what I actually said before (quote): "Yes, it's true that Melissa's day-to-day activities as an escort may not have an effect on our own day-to-day lives since they don't actually intersect."

Gee, seems to me I said the exact same thing!
So what are you bitching about?!

Nowhere in my posts did I condemn Melissa FOR being an escort. All I did was answer her original question. And for the record, here's my answer again: I think most guys would want the PRETTY WOMAN movie ending. Given this particular dramatic scenario (as postulated by Melissa), a guy would meet a TS...they'd fall in love...but once he found out that she was working as an escort, he'd want her to give up her job -- whether she found something else to do or whether he supported her himself -- so their romance could continue on. And so it would be on far more stable emotional ground. Period, end of story. That's my opinion, and I think most guys...on average...would feel that way.

And for the record, that's NOT even an indictment on someone who chooses to work as an escort. That's not a pro or con statement on the profession. Frankly, what it IS a statement about is the emotional state of most guys. That most guys wouldn't feel comfortable knowing that their significant other was a sex worker. Hell, we're talking about your lover working as an escort -- about her actually having sex with other people. Most guys I know who have even dated strippers or cam girls, who simply take their clothes off and get naked for other guys (and no sex is involved) likewise want their GFs to quit their jobs once the romance turns serious. That's just the way it normally goes for most guys.

Now, Ila, if you want to side with Melissa in everything she says and does, that's fine. That's YOUR choice and it's you voicing YOUR opinion based on YOUR beliefs about what's right and wrong. In the end, it's a reflection of YOUR personal standards and what YOU believe in.

Which was exactly the point of my post, which you missed completely.

Bottom line again: Melissa asked us all a question, the answer to which ultimately revealed each of our own moral standards and beliefs. That was the whole POINT of her question -- which is why it was a fun question to begin with. Not because it had a right or wrong answer, but because the answer that each person gave would ultimately say and reveal something about THEMSELVES.

So, I stand by what I said. HOW we all answered IS a reflection on each of us because it reveals what we EACH believe.