As I slipped farther and farther behind I borrowed money form relatives, friends, everyone. Some, especially my aunt lent me more money than they could afford. I guess I had a choice of giving up on school at the beginning of the mess. But not repaying people who had tried to help was not an option I could face,
I understand, I thought you were talking about credit card debt. I know that with credit card debt, you have considation loan options, consumer proposals, or just default on it. After 7 years of bad credit you can be reset and apply for new cards all over again. I've been through that myself, reset (after 7 years), applied for new cards, then sued all the collection agencies who dared put anything on my record after the reset, I even took Equifax to court at one time.
If you had debts with relatives, friends, or your aunt, then they love you and would not want you to become an escort, have sex with random men you don't know, in order to pay them back. They would say, 'it's okay, don't worry about it'. If their money helped dig you out of a credit hole, then you could eventually pay them at some point in the future when you are able to. I can't imagine, a relative or friend, that loaned you some money, would want that money back if it meant you having to do this to pay them back and I'd feel very, very low if I accepted that money for repayent of a loan.
mrsCALoki said:
OSAP is in Ontario. There are no equivalent programs for foreign students in the US. My father is far from rich but given his money, I was not eligible for any assistance. He was not supportive of my going to school. I do not think you Canadians realize how rare and fortunate you are to have your educational system.
I think University degrees, particularly undergradute ones are overrated. Lots of people have them and they just hang on the wall. The way the economy is going it's better not to go to school and just start your own business or think of a creative way to make money such as having an invention. Since finding a job is not guaranteed with a University degree, particular a well-paying job, I'm not sure it means as much as it did decades ago when it was a ticket to the middle class. Given it's lower value I'm not sure whether it would be worth all of the fuss to get a degree unless you really, really, really, know what you want in life and are not just getting a degree for a degree sake.
I've looked at news clips from Russia Today, and you can check it on youtube, that show record number of students return home to live with their parents after they graduate and can't find jobs. They shipped the jobs to China and India and the middle class is bleeding. So, honestly, unless Ron Paul is elected and puts everything back to gold standard and increases the interest rates and re-boots the system, I'm not sure where the economy is heading.
mrsCALOKI said:
Other than killing myself, or accepting I would be a waitress, or going into the family business the way my father wanted, I could not see any. Yes my actions were high risk, yes I only paid what I was because I was lucky, yes I got out healthy and un-scared because I was lucky. I did not get into it because I like sex. I had a half dozen BFs before. And never had a real orgasm with them or when working.
You did not want the family business or being a waitress? That would have been your lot in life if you didn't do this. Why would you be contemplating killing yourself for? You had a life set-out for your working as a waitress or being in the family business. If you look at it that way, lots of people are unemployed and have no income. If you had a job, then you are really faring better than allot of people. It's always helpful to look at people who have life worst than you do before being in a state of depression where you are contemplating suicide.
If a University degree GUARANTEED a better job, then it would make sence to get one. However, in this economy you would be lucky to get a job with a degree since lots of undergraduates are flipping burgers or are ending up in jobs they would have had if they did not have a degree in the first place. They are other professions you could get into that is lower start-up cost. Financial services, Real-Estate, etc... don't require allot of money and you could make money that way as well.
It is not a good idea to become an escort if you do not like having sex so it's a good thing you came out of it. Obviously, the reason escorts despise their clients, if they don't like sex, is you must have a sence that men are pigs, right? That they are only interested in one thing, see you as a sex object to stroke their ego, rather than as a person, and you probably see a different side of men in an amplified way working as an escort than you would before you got into this thing.
It is a smart decision to get out while the going was good. Have tried buying a dildo or sex toy and masturbating and using your imagination to generate an orgasm? Would masturbation be better than the real thing perhaps?
mrsCALoki said:
I responded seriously because you seemed serious and acting like a person.
I'm actually surprized you did. I guess you much have struck a cord with me when you said you had no options. I was thinking about that almost all day today and sort of felt sorry for you to read that as I was going through the posts. Actually searched for that particular post and felt compelled to reply to it as it was unsettling. Thanks for your frank answers.
I've also noted your empathy on my other posts when I spoke about street prostitutes and incall escorts. I now understand that you have been one before so I understand why my behaviour could have bothered you since you can identify with them and take back what I said about you being a femi-nazi.