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you go for the activity, the women are a bonus but you find that everyone is there to meet people, you meet cool men too ... social time is its own good

i say pick up in dysfunctional for both men and women, the men's mentality is predator stalking prey and the woman's mentality is be passive be flirty be coy be dumb ... both are wearing false fronts, the man is not even interested in the woman just a sexual conquest and the woman is evaluating on superficial factors that don't matter in a relationship ... i say instead join groups, like meetup.com, book clubs, walking groups etc even online dating is okay just no magic bullet, there are good sites such as conscioussingles.com but yea you have to put in a ton of work to get a crumb of skin

even leo's @Leo Gura masculinity leaves a lot to be desired, viewing women as sexual objects to be picked up and bedded good as one notch among many conquests ... although don't tell her that of course

she lures and looms he leaps and leads, hard for a leopard to change its spots

damn straight @Random witch and @zazen appreciate you both x

not scared of committing in any measure however i keep my house, my money, my path (and preferably you are keeping yours too) happy to share activities, outgoings, kids, pets, elderly parents real simple though not suitable for most

i am in the no camp mainly due to how messed up i perceive sex work is, i wouldn't do something that supports it

nice, i wonder what @ivankiss would do, take the pile of money or block the addict getting their hit

it was worded to elicit yes no but to each their own

it's a yes no question, seems you vote yes, the ones being sold to are akin to the prostitute if you follow the analogy

if you could earn a years salary by being a crack dealer for 24 hours if there was no chance of being caught would you do it

no person in their right mind opts for sex work ... it exacts enormous psychological costs wounds stigma trauma ,,, all of which is imo unfixable why do they do it? they are damaged, and damaged they will stay the longer they remain at it

hatred since you are both slaves ... is there a slave loving their mas'r no don't compare getting up going to do office work with sex work

for me prostitution makes men and women akin to mortal enemies, like a crack addict turning every stone to get at their dealer in some circumstances yea it can be okay, for example some disabled people have no other way of experiencing intimacy but in most cases for me it makes the world more polarized alienating cold and desperate it is like engaging in legalized slavery when you realize how dehumanized it makes the sex provider in short i believe it fosters mutual ever growing hatred between the parties in the long run ... but that's just me

i say do 1) as it seems within your capability having the goal to maximize income ... money is what affords freedom and this is how you will best impact the world in the long run just my two cents

let the bird fly away and be free if they ever come back maybe it's meant to be

hire a lawyer and write your own, every relationship has rules and responsibilities, maybe make it for 10 years with option to renew, if nothing else that alone will keep me going to the gym

yes if don could just keep his mouth shut he would be a shoo in for 2024 he can't and he won't

no desire to interfere with the world any longer, i have learned we must craft our own path, if i give you an idea more often than not it will be a disservice to you and may prevent you from finding the answer within, i am ever more in a not knowing state, throwing away everything i thought was useful, if a question arises i think of it afresh and have no use for memory, each day i am more a nobody but not swayed or dismayed in any way glimpses for me is - who knows - some kind of no mind mystical state, a peek at the truth that i give everything for, a taste of oneness perhaps

have just reached a thousand hours in 2021, getting up at 4 and meditating in the bone cold darkness with do nothing and still no glimpses that's my sticking point one silver lining, zero pride in myself now and i hardly talk any more which might be good i am not discouraged and seek no advice or insight nine thousand or so to go

belonging is a very powerful drug ... unfortunately

religion is us vs them spirit is us is them

"Rejoice in your love, rejoice in your songs. Rejoice in your music, rejoice in your dance. Rejoice in the beautiful trees - the innocent sounds of the birds. Rejoice in the night full of stars. This here is a perfect paradise. There is no other! Get in tune with it. Be one with it."

it is a social club for most, since i left the church i have basically no social life, have to get myself right for a few years

development and love are essentially incompatible fix you first then love me if you don't better i let you go if i want to love you so ... hopefully there is a see you later