it was so he could get another gift. mhm... right mom. lol

Yeeeppp. Quite dumb, and I can't believe I was that stupid thinking back. Was full of brain chemicals and whatnot because I was on a heater (gambling, am I right!?). Learned from it though, at least.

oof. never give money to strangers in casinos. Noted…

Oof. I resemble this remark. Not the same reasons for the random crying bursts... But yeah, my C-PTSD makes me so that too. You're super not alone in sudden unhinged 30 second cry attacks.

I fell for an equally dumb scam when I was young. Playing poker at a casino, I was up like 2k. Got approached by someone at a higher table saying that they busted out, but could split the buy-in with me and I could play (half staked for the two of us). Of course I felt uncomfortable with this and said no (this was like twice the buy in I would be used to). But then he was like well, all I really need to get back into the game is like $500... Well, clearly that $500 was dumped immediately. Whether it was a gambling addict losing my money, or a scammer dumping my money to his friends at the table I'll never know... The only thing a know is there was zero chance I was getting anything back.

Well you're in the US (let's assume that's the case, at least) I'm in Mexico. Things are quite different here and escorts or whatever most of the times have to settle for "low" prices but they make up for that by having a bunch of customers.

And yeah, some aren't pretty at all, but most of the ones I've been talked about by my coworkers (who did solicit their services) were quite attractive if I may say so myself. But either way, as we say here: para gustos colores. You do you, so to speak :)

Go to a massage parlor and pay cash next time. It would have been a lot cheaper.

You such a fucking hooe I love it

A $600 hookup should look miles better than a $60 one lol

Lots of fashion models (real ones) start at $600-$700 an hour. Some easily $2k

Yeah why should you shoulder the load…s

The cost of a bad dragon takes it thoroughly out of “gag gift” territory. A cheap knob you get from Spencer’s is one thing but a three digit swirl pattern tentacle conveys a certain gravitas to the situation.

Couldn’t agree more

Aww you made my night!

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Never again

It was a matter of circumstance. It was 2:00am and I was kind of desperate. I had a small amount of hope but it was ultimately my demise.

I don’t have my car this semester but I hope to have it 2nd semester. You’ve motivated me to find something to do.

Never a dull moment with kids huh?

Crypto was your first mistake. Now this. I hope you learn from never doing both again.

Whether you paid a scammer or an escort, by the sounds of it, that $600 was money you were willing to part with, or you wouldn't have done it

Actually, now that you pointed that out again I think it was for the best that you used crypto instead of actual money. Crypto is steadily losing value so either way if you didn't do anything with that money you'd end up having, you know, less overtime. So, as i see it, it wasn't THAT bad. Yes, 600 dollars are 600 dollars but it could've been worse 😅

My daughters bf started picking up handyman jobs and is actually thinking of doing it full time. Not sure how he got started but there are a lot of jobs out there now. Everyone is hiring.

The worst part is using crypto to pay for it. I knew I couldn’t cancel that transaction but I did it anyway.

Luckily you stopped there :/ but at least now you know not to trust that kind of online interactions

I definitely could use a part time job