EDIT: I'm glad there's interest in this! I will get to all your questions to the best of my ability, although I will be in and out of the thread so your response time may vary.
Background:
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the new job is pretty groovy. small company, casual environment, decent co-workers, career-building opportunities, etc., but if I remained a pro domme and really hustled, I could've saved up enough within 10-12 years to basically retire, give or take some part-time work.
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I am 23 and have a 4-year degree
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My parents did not know about my work as a domme, but my SO did
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My work as a domme involved low (but not zero) risk of bloodborne pathogens, STDs, or legal trouble. I did not have sex with clients.
I made the change for a lot of reasons, including (but not exhaustively):
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staying the course was a little risky; if I didn't succeed in saving the cash to retire, it could be hard for me to change careers around age 30
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I felt like I was slowly losing my self-esteem and sense of dignity and was becoming cynical about the world, people, society, etc.
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I felt that my work affected my ability to connect intimately with my SO
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There was some risk to my personal safety, although I did my best not to meet clients in places where there could be an opportunity to hurt me
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I couldn't help but feel there were ethical issues - people using my services when what they really needed was a doctor or a therapist
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I am not a therapist; seeing that many lonely, "successful" men day in day out was, as silly as it sounds, very painful.
happy to elaborate on any of this or go in a different direction as requested!
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