Few years back I broke the cardinal rule and got too close and personal
and was taken for a ride. It cost me emotionally and financially. Lesson'
learned. No one to blame but myself.
Years ago, I met this SC dancer (cute little thing). Soon thereafter, she started asking me to financially help her out with the cost of rent, cellphone, TV, etc.
I had to break the news to her that I am not her father, husband, boyfriend, etc. and those are the people she needs to turn to for help. She actually listened and never asked me again. I guess she must have turned to other patrons for "help".
Speaking of gifts, I knew this dancer, again years ago, and she told me that one of her clients brings her grapes (yes, grapes). Then she asks me: "What should I do with this crap (the grapes)?"