I never planned to be a virgin bride which is good because that ship sailed a long time ago. I've fucked guys because I thought I was in love with them. I've fucked guys because I thought it would make them love me. I've fucked guys because I felt alone and wanted to feel like I had a connection with someone, anyone. One time, I fucked a guy because he seemed lonely and I felt sorry for him. Of course, I've fucked guys for fun--just because I was horny and wanted something inside me that wasn't made of plastic.
But I had never fucked someone for money and I never thought that I would. Until now.
The first time I was offered (sort of) money for (sort of) sex was in third grade. A boy from my class offered me his dessert if I'd let him see "my hole." Needless to say, I wouldn't even talk to him after that.
Many years later, one of the guys whose fraternity house was hosting a party, offered me twenty bucks if I'd flash my boobs to everyone. It was tempting and if he'd given me another drink or two, I might have done it.
Now, I just had sex with someone for $300.
I did it because I needed the money. I was broke. Flat broke. My car broke down and getting it working again used up the money that I set aside for next month's rent. I'd been late with the rent a couple of times before and my landlord had been pissed off. I had meant it when I promised that I'd never be late again.
Yeah, I could have gone to the Bank of Mom and Dad but if I asked my parents for money, that meant I'd have to go through the whole thing about why I thought I needed my own place when I could live at home instead and where was I spending all of my money anyway. Believe it or not, I'd rather have sex with a stranger than have to listen to my mother again.
Of course I looked for other ways to get the money. My employer had been burned before giving emergency advances and now they had a policy against it. I asked anyway and was told no. Asking my ex-boyfriend was about as appealing as asking my mother. My best friend commiserated and probably would have given me her last dollar if she could but she was nearly as broke as I was and she didn't have any extra money to lend me.
She was probably trying to be funny when she suggested selling my body to get the money. It still scares me that I really didn't know if she was joking. Maybe she had done that before but, best friends or not, I'll never ask her. I don't think I'd want to know if she had. Plus, I'm pretty sure that I don't want her to know that I had really taken her suggestion seriously. I'm positive that I don't want her to ever find out what I actual did.
I only had two weeks to come up with the rent money and I was completely out of ideas. Even if I got another job, I wouldn't get a paycheck until after the rent deadline. Sex for money, as much as I hated the idea, seemed like my best option.
So, my decision was made.
Realizing how little I know about escorts and how they worked, I clicked into the classified section of our online alternative newspaper to do some research. My friends and I used to look at the ads there for entertainment. Now, it was my resource to learn how I might pull this off, getting some money but doing it safely and, as far as possible, with my dignity preserved. The ads used a combination of subtle promotion and double entendre but it didn't take a lot to figure out what was being offered. I drafted an ad based on the ones that I thought were best.
In my ad, I said I was a cute blond (I guess I am) looking for a date (well sort of). I said I was horny and open-minded (um, maybe?). I said texts only and, from my dwindling cash supply, I picked up a burner cell phone and listed its number. I said I was available on Friday and Saturday nights.
The other ads showed me how to write mine but they also raised a couple of issues that I now had to worry about. To start, where would we go to do it? The ads talked about in-call or out-call. No way I'm telling a strange guy where I live let alone having him come to my apartment. On the other hand, I wasn't really excited about going to his place either.
How much should I charge? I wanted to get enough money each time that I wouldn't have to do it too many times. On the other hand, if I asked too much, would I lose potential customers? The ads showed some kind of range of prices, I think for time and for doing different things. Some gave set prices for fifteen-minute, half-hour, or one-hour blocks and some for all night. Some spoke about special services. What can you do in a fifteen-minutes? Oh, that. Damn. Okay. I spent some time interpreting the ads and I finally decided that I'll ask $150 for a blowjob and $300 to go all the way. I'll see if I get any takers at those prices and then I'll see where it goes from there.
What were those special services anyway?
I sat for a full ten minutes with my heart pounding before I put in my credit card number and hit send to post the ad. It was posted on their website almost immediately and after I checked it out, I spent at least ten minutes fighting against an urge to delete it and forget the whole thing. While I was pondering what I was going to do, my new phone buzzed.
"Hey, U available now?"
"Sure. What are you looking for?"
"Straight sex. How much?"
I was glad that I had decided on this already. "$300."
He texted me the address and a room number and I recognized the name of the place. It was a mid-level motel with outside doors facing a parking lot off of a busy street. So far, so good. A motel seemed like it was probably safer than going to his house and outside doors seemed more private than walking through a lobby where I might run into someone I know.
I went into my bedroom and quickly decided what I would wear. I put on a clean thong and pulled on some tight jeans. I dumped my bra and pulled on a tight t-shirt that showed off my boobs. I hoped that I looked sexy enough that maybe I'll get a tip but not sexy enough that anyone who I ran into would figure out what I was doing. I guess that I was dressed a lot sexier than what I wear to my real job but not really that different from what I'd wear to the bars on a Friday night.
Fortunately, I made it over there safely despite being distracted by a feeling of impending doom. At each intersection, I considered turning around but I remembered my landlord's face and forced down my doubts until I got to the motel. I drove around until I spotted the room number, drove around one more time, then found a close parking spot in case I needed to leave quickly.