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  • Yes and I don't consider it infidelity.

    4 10.26%
  • Yes and I consider it infidelity.

    1 2.56%
  • No and I don't consider it infidelity.

    6 15.38%
  • No and and I consider it infidelity.

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Thread: Paying for "it"...

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    Pièce de Résistance Scheherazade's Avatar
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    Paying for "it"...

    Following the heated debates on what counts as "fidelity", I wondered what our members' take on "gratification for cash" issue.

    Do you consider this infidelity or does it not count?

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    It'd depend if the person was in a relationship or not. If they were then yes, if not then no. You haven't got a poll option for that one.
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    I don't think the act of paying for "it" is necessarily wrong morally. I guess it keeps some folks employed, but I wonder why someone would feel the need to do that. Maybe it's different for others, but wouldn't "it" lose the emotion of "it"? Would "it" be the same as masturbation without the emotional connection?
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    Quote Originally Posted by TheFifthElement View Post
    It'd depend if the person was in a relationship or not. If they were then yes, if not then no. You haven't got a poll option for that one.
    It wouldn't be infidelity if you weren't in a relationship would it?
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    Quote Originally Posted by papayahed View Post
    It wouldn't be infidelity if you weren't in a relationship would it?
    That was my point.
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    Scher! You shock me. I always considered our angelic moderator to be above such sordid issues as sex. Besides, you haven't given us your own opinion.

    I voted 'No and I consider it infidelity' based on the person paying for sex being in a relationship with someone else at the time.

    I fail to see how cash changing hands could alter the issue of fedelity. Lets face it, if someone is willing to pay cash for it they would probably jump (pardon the pun) at the chance of a freebie!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Granny5 View Post
    Would "it" be the same as masturbation without the emotional connection?
    Indeed. As Woody Allen said, "At least masturbation is sex with someone I really love."

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    I think its all rather sordid, and I would never be so desperate as to actually pay for it... however, I'm all for it being legalized. My distaste for it is purely subjective. If it were legalized, then it could be better monitored... at the end of the day, whores are one of the most likely targets for assault, rape and murder, not to mention the strong connections with drugs, gangs and disease.

    Nope, best thing to do is make it legal. You can have better protection for the ladies, have medical screenings, and generate a tax revenue from it.
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    No, unless you consider buying someone dinner paying for sex.

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    Quote Originally Posted by OrphanPip View Post
    No, unless you consider buying someone dinner paying for sex.

    Now this is a whole other thread!
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    Dinner for sex? More of us are faced with the dinner or sex dilemma.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ennison View Post
    Dinner for sex? More of us are faced with the dinner or sex dilemma.
    I wouldn't advise trying both at the same time... it would be rather messy...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lokasenna View Post
    I wouldn't advise trying both at the same time... it would be rather messy...
    Soooo funny Lokasenna.

    In my opinion, infidelity is infidelity, paid or not. If you are in a relationship it is still infidelity. If you are not and you want to pay to have a little fun, then that is your prerogative.

    I'm not to keen on the paying issue. I mean there's no emotional intimacy, just physical... I need emotional.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheFifthElement View Post
    That was my point.

    ermmmm but that doesn't really make sense. The question is about fidelity which insinuates a relationship so having an option about not being in a relationship doesn't have a place in a poll about fidelity..
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    Quote Originally Posted by Michael T View Post
    Scher! You shock me. I always considered our angelic moderator to be above such sordid issues as sex. Besides, you haven't given us your own opinion.

    Scher, I am equally shocked and impressed...You are so cool
    As to the question, While one may not go out on the street and pick up a stranger; I think we often "pay for it". I know many women my age who have found men who have less secure jobs, broken cars, children with ragged clothes. The women seem to have a smile on their face one week, pay for the movies the next, put a down payment on a new car for themselves...Which the man picks out and drives, and later, they buy him a car, buy his kids clothes, etc. Are they paying "for it"; I'd say yes, big time!

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