What kind of man

allows his fiancee to do “escort work” to raise household funds? Yes the p-word DOES come to my mind for some reason. Last weekend I read about the lives of sexual workers whose photography was part of an exhibit downtown. The point of the exhibit was to challenge the audience to consider the lives, dreams and aspirations of people who are usually devalued and objectified by society. One of the photographers works as a stripper with some escort work on the side from time to time. She mentioned that she would have to take on more escort work to finance the new place she and her fiance will be moving to. All the while, I was like, really? I know that money in the um, organized escort industry can be quite good, but THAT good? Where a man is all good with the woman he is going to marry, the mother of his kids, extending favors so they can live in a better neighborhood? Or get new furniture? I have heard a lot of ‘how we got through rough times’ stories, but I wonder if I’m ready for, “Shelly* just took on extra clients. You know she turned the occasional trick back then. She was good too.”

*I mean no offense to hook escorts named Shelly.