should I have asked this woman how much money she wanted
That generally doesn't work on women who don't already sell sex for a living.
Maybe a sex surrogate could be useful for you. She would provide you with more emotional and social guidance than a regular hooker, and the learning process would advance at your own pace and on your own terms.
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