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Comment author: advancedatheist 17 September 2015 04:42:26AM *  0 points [-]

So how does getting sexual experience with prostitutes translate over to getting into sexual relationships with regular women through dating, any way?

I met a 20-something woman at the Venturist cryonics convention in Laughlin, Nevada, last year who talked to me more than she needed to as a social acknowledgment, which made me wonder if she felt attracted to me. I don't know how to interpret these situations in the handful of times they have happened in my life, so I don't know what to do, and they make me anxious.

If I had sexual learning experiences only from prostitutes, and I had nothing else to go on, should I have asked this woman how much money she wanted to come with me to my room in Laughlin's hotel for sex?

Comment author: polymathwannabe 17 September 2015 12:58:24PM 5 points [-]

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.