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Would you have sex-missionary with someone if offered money

687 replies

Snoringfamily · 12/09/2024 23:34

If so, how much would it have to be?

Discussion at work quite a few years ago, inspired by the Demi Moore film. I was younger and had more money than now. If someone asked you to sleep with them for x amount of money-say half a million, would you? Missionary only, over quickly
I was aghast and said no, most said of course they would.

Now, I think I feel differently

Would you?

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Gettingbysomehow · 13/09/2024 10:11

For sure then I could retire 5 years early. I don't know what hecwould get out of it 😂II'm too old for acrobatics though.

XMissPlacedX · 13/09/2024 10:11

Yes I would, probably for about 20k. I've slept with plenty of people drunk in my youth for free that I regret ( with absolutely no psychological damage or self esteem damage done ) so being paid for it would be a bonus.

I think it depends on the type of person you are and how you see sex. I am a confident person in myself with plenty of self worth and would just see it as a business transaction. I see sex as lots of different things, something intimate to share with your partner and also a way of blowing off steam and experimenting with a non partner etc.. If anything I would pity the person who has to pay for it and almost feel like I was taking advantage of them.

But that's just me, it boils down to so many individual traits and preferences and would not be the same for everyone.

Namebechanged · 13/09/2024 10:10

Aliceal · 13/09/2024 10:07

Surprised at all the yes answers.

you’d really sell your body for some sweaty, gross man that thinks he can buy consent to use? 🤢

It’s a no from me!

I'm genuinely grateful for your reply.

Especially the small part, must be horrid.

Namebechanged · 13/09/2024 10:10

Aliceal · 13/09/2024 10:07

Surprised at all the yes answers.

you’d really sell your body for some sweaty, gross man that thinks he can buy consent to use? 🤢

It’s a no from me!

I'm genuinely grateful for your reply.

Especially the small part, must be horrid.

bazoom · 13/09/2024 10:09

Is it payment upfront or after?

Aliceal · 13/09/2024 10:07

Surprised at all the yes answers.

you’d really sell your body for some sweaty, gross man that thinks he can buy consent to use? 🤢

It’s a no from me!

BettyBardMacDonald · 13/09/2024 10:07

BunnyLake · 13/09/2024 10:05

Think of all the people (mostly women) who already reluctantly have sex with their (despised) partner to keep a roof over their (and the kids) heads. Surely if they had the opportunity to sleep once with someone to give them financial freedom they would.

This.

I know a handful of women who have married high earners they aren't attracted to, because they want the lifestyle. Sex is a job to them.

BunnyLake · 13/09/2024 10:05

Think of all the people (mostly women) who already reluctantly have sex with their (despised) partner to keep a roof over their (and the kids) heads. Surely if they had the opportunity to sleep once with someone to give them financial freedom they would.

BunnyLake · 13/09/2024 10:03

IHaveNoMoreFucksToGive · 13/09/2024 09:12

I mean to be fair I'd do it for a large bar of Dairy Milk and a Costa Lattè 🤷‍♀️

And probably have done 😂

MrBallensWife · 13/09/2024 10:03

Sign me up!!

BunnyLake · 13/09/2024 10:01

knittingdad · 13/09/2024 09:38

I'm not going to pretend that my answer is the one true answer, but I think the reason I prefer the scenario of doing my wife's laundry for decades, and all the rest, is that the main way I show my love is through acts of service, and so dealing with her fragrant period pants is not the vile indignity it would be if they belonged to a stranger, because my love transforms the act into something noble.

Having sex with someone I didn't want to have sex with for money would feel purely like coercion.

I appreciate everyone is different though!

But it’s not someone you don’t want to have sex with. It’s an offer you can take or turn down.

SinisterBumFacedCat · 13/09/2024 10:01

I’d do it, I wouldn’t care if they were hideous either, as long as they showered beforehand. That money is already spent in my head, mortgage paid, DS could go to University, not worrying about DM’s expensive care home fees anymore, the possibility of financial security in old age. No problem.

Fancypopop · 13/09/2024 09:53

For £1m I’d give him a jolly good time in the hope he’s want another another go. I think that sort of money would make me quite enthusiastic in the bedroom

Same. Who on earth would say no to this? It’s easy money. Even if he was physically a bit grim it’s such a short time. You could work years and years and years in a horrible toxic job and still not make that.

I wish this was real 🤣

Somanypiessolittletime · 13/09/2024 09:53

Fluufer · 13/09/2024 09:27

If my DH had a take it leave it, now or never offer of say £500k, I'd fully expect to drop his trousers. I can forgive him in our lovely new house, or on our lovely holiday.

Ha! Yeah. This. And I'd do it for less than that myself. I wouldn't do it behind his back though. I'm not into deceit. And it's not like he wouldn't find out. He'd want to know where the money came from.

Pookerrod · 13/09/2024 09:47

For £1m I’d give him a jolly good time in the hope he’s want another another go. I think that sort of money would make me quite enthusiastic in the bedroom.

I wonder if the film would do so well if released today? I remember it being discussed as some huge moral dilemma but I don’t know if society’s attitudes to sex have changed or whether it’s just me and I’m older but I don’t see it as a moral dilemma at all now, it’s a no brainer!

RaininSummer · 13/09/2024 09:47

Hypothetically yes I would. No one would want to pay me as I am over 60. When I was young it would have been a definite no as it meant something to me. 50 grand would fix my crumbling house.

knittingdad · 13/09/2024 09:47

MsLavender · 13/09/2024 09:44

I mean people who marry others who they don't love and are not attracted to purely for financial reasons, surely in that case you'd be doing those things out of obligation reluctantly and not through love.

I too show my love through acts of service and I'm more than happy to do things for my partner. If I was there for financial security and that alone it would be different, it would feel more of a chore and less like an act of love.

Yes, in that scenario it would definitely be better to do something reluctantly once, and then have the financial independence, than to do the same thing, but over and over for a lifetime of financial dependence.

MsLavender · 13/09/2024 09:44

knittingdad · 13/09/2024 09:38

I'm not going to pretend that my answer is the one true answer, but I think the reason I prefer the scenario of doing my wife's laundry for decades, and all the rest, is that the main way I show my love is through acts of service, and so dealing with her fragrant period pants is not the vile indignity it would be if they belonged to a stranger, because my love transforms the act into something noble.

Having sex with someone I didn't want to have sex with for money would feel purely like coercion.

I appreciate everyone is different though!

I mean people who marry others who they don't love and are not attracted to purely for financial reasons, surely in that case you'd be doing those things out of obligation reluctantly and not through love.

I too show my love through acts of service and I'm more than happy to do things for my partner. If I was there for financial security and that alone it would be different, it would feel more of a chore and less like an act of love.

Moier · 13/09/2024 09:43

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Best answer!

sesquipedalian · 13/09/2024 09:42

This thread reminds me of a joke about Churchill, who said to the lady sitting next to him at dinner, “Would you sleep,with me for a million pounds?” At which she fluttered and giggled and said, “Oh, Sir Winston.” He then said, “Well, would you sleep with me for five pounds?”, at which she bridled and said, “Sir Winston, what do you take me for?” He replied, “That, madam, we have already established: we are now merely haggling over the price”.

And would I sleep with someone for half a mil? You bet! That’s an awful lot of money.

BIossomtoes · 13/09/2024 09:41

I’d have done it in a heartbeat if enough money had been involved and given my bloke my blessing. We’re too old now.

knittingdad · 13/09/2024 09:38

MsLavender · 13/09/2024 09:27

Many women (and men) will marry a wealthy partner purely for financial security. In that marriage you might be expected to wash their dirty socks/pants, provide them with children, cook them meals every night, tolerate their family, perhaps deal with unpleasant behaviour from them PLUS sleep with them frequently. I know plenty of women who are with men simply because they cannot afford to leave. I'd sooner have the cash and freedom than feel shackled to a miserable life forever.

I think simply exchanging sex for money is a quicker and more honest way of dealing with things.

I'm not going to pretend that my answer is the one true answer, but I think the reason I prefer the scenario of doing my wife's laundry for decades, and all the rest, is that the main way I show my love is through acts of service, and so dealing with her fragrant period pants is not the vile indignity it would be if they belonged to a stranger, because my love transforms the act into something noble.

Having sex with someone I didn't want to have sex with for money would feel purely like coercion.

I appreciate everyone is different though!

Allnewtometoo · 13/09/2024 09:37

I would and I'm not sure it would bother me even a tiny bit.

The13thFairy · 13/09/2024 09:35

Yes, and for a lot less than half a million.

OohShakiraShakira · 13/09/2024 09:33

Yes, I would. Assuming it is quick missionary with no enthusiasm needed by me, and the man isn't completely smelly or repellent. I reckon for that money, my OH would be fine with it too. If I'm being paid, like the Demi Moore and Robert Redford movie, my minimum would probably be £25k. I've had sex I don't particularly want or enjoy for free in the past, as long as I have some lube and a couple of double vodkas, I reckon I'd be fine to have sex for a decent amount of money.