I find myself in my late 20s with my first serious relationship. Finally, after a really really long time, I am comfortable sharing private aspects of my past life. I did have two boyfriends in high school. High school dating wasn't bad, but it certainly wasn't a positive experience. Consequently, I went through college, and for the last several years, absent from dating.
Recently my current boyfriend and I were talking politics and the topic of decriminalizing sex work came up. As an esoteric question, he asked whether I would ever consider being paid for sex. At the time I didn't think it was so controversial. So I honestly responded by stating that depending on how you define sex I already have.
That response surprised him. To his credit, he was more inquisitive than shocked. Instead of merely summarizing my past during that conversation, I am writing my reflections for a more complete explanation.
It was my third year of college. I went to a small liberal arts school; and when I say small, I mean 2000 students. It was a great experience even though I needed to work nearly full-time to pay my way. My financial need to work limited my campus socialization, which was fine because as I said, high school dating did not encourage me to date through college. I worked, studied, and focused on school as opposed to casually dating.
Utilizing my experience as a big sister, I started cutting hair for a few friends. Eric was my closest friend and we both held the same views on dating. He also focused on school over sexual relationships. His friendship meant a lot, and he supported me in many ways.
I got in the habit of giving him a scalp and shoulder massage after I cut his hair. He would give me a simple $20 for each haircut knowing I could use some extra cash. A lot of people enjoy scalp massages. Eric found these especially calming, and at least once got aroused. I teased him about visually noticing his erection. We are not shy around each other so he quipped back that he was sure my hands would be exceptional for hand jobs in addition to massages. This is where we may have been too close and casual as friends. I was standing behind him. I slid my hands down his chest, and maybe quicker than I anticipated, shoved my hands into his pants. He was extremely hard, and he must've been for a while judging by the presence of liquid-like pre-cum.
I should note by this point that I had very little experience touching penises. I did have sex with the two high school boyfriends, but it was mostly them just jumping me for their own pleasure. I experienced very little foreplay or touching.
So when I touched Eric, it was much more intimate than I had expected. I may have been Ignorant but what was intended to be playful and joking was quite arousing. We could have been more reserved as friends. Since I went for it and had my hands down his pants, Eric encouraged me to continue. I explained that I didn't know what I should do. I also wanted to protect our friendship, My curiosity about experimenting with him was real. He joked about increasing my tip for the haircut if I didn't stop.
I moved a chair next to Eric as he opened his pants and I sat next to him stroking my first erection. It was the first erection that I felt with my hands. It may have been the intimacy of the haircut and the massage, or it may have been the surprise of how quickly we got into this situation, but it all went very fast. I was going to reach for some lotion when he started wiggling and told me he was cumming. What a shock and a huge mess. I've seen some porn videos, but never have I seen so much cum. It was all over his shirt and his pants.
I was surprised at how good I felt. Euphoria was how I would describe it. And since I never undressed or was touched, I didn't feel violated either. It was like giving a massage; something fun I could do for a friend. And he was so appreciative since he also does not have a dating life to satisfy his sexual drive.
We cleaned up and talked as friends to make sure everything was good. And when he paid me for my haircut, he gave me an extra $20; which was all he had. $20 wasn't significant and I did it just as friends. Yet the symbolism of accepting money gave both of us a pause. I could use the extra cash since I was on a shoestring budget and ultimately it gave the experience just a bit of a torrid excitement.
He joked that maybe he would get his hair trimmed more frequently, which I encouraged both for the money and the fun
That first $20 was somewhat transformative although at the time it still felt like a one-time transaction. That was until the following week when Eric came back with a radical offer. Eric, like me, was not from money. He did however end up in a circle of unusually rich friends. A few years back, a huge name in economics arrived as a professor at this little school for personal reasons. He was revered in the Wall Street circles, and as it turns out a group of Wall Street tycoons sent their kids to this otherwise non-prestigious school just to study under this economist. We were too small for the traditional fraternity system, So roughly 20 of these elite students lived in the same dorm and formed their own private society as a brotherhood, instead of a traditional fraternity.
Eric kept my name secret as he shared the concept of a haircut and hand job with just a few close friends. They loved the idea. They liked the erotic nature of it. And they were used to being able to buy fun experiences. So Eric asked if I was willing to take on additional clients. They needed haircuts anyway and that would be the public perception of the interactions. He didn't give me the price but said they would have way more money than he had and it would probably lessen my need to work so many hours.