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I bet this would be a big sticking point for many couples, "What do you mean you'd rather stay home than come with me? We are a couple! You would pay me how much to leave you alone?! What am I, a whore? Worse than a whore, even, you would pay me as much JUST TO LEAVE YOU ALONE!" (Door slam)
One has to have a very special relationship to not feel either rejected or coerced in situations like that.
Upvoted for the delightfully flattering implication for my and Bethany's relationship. :)
But, yes, a prerequisite is that everyone think like an economist, where everything you care about can be assigned a dollar value.
See also the core assumptions at the top of Bethany's article [http://messymatters.com/autonomy].
Of course, there are situations that raise the prostitution issue even more directly.
"So, honey, just how much of a headache do you have?"