Laugh all you want.
I’ve gotten myself in a situation where I genuinely really like a certain SP that I see frequently. We text almost everyday talking about our days, etc.
I’m always thinking about her and not sex with her, honestly - her as a person and how she communicates and the down time we have spent together.
Has anyone else battled this as well?
All the guys telling you to run away or see other SPs are probably right. However....
At the risk of tempting you back into a pipe dream that you may have moved on from, "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take"
I've had two non-business relationships with SPs.
The first I initiated by asking her out. This was back when SPs didn't really expect to be paid for social time, so maybe it was easier at that time.
It went well for a bit but we realized that we were quite different people, at different stages of our lives. Lasted about a year.
I think she always suspected I was just seeing her for the free sex. That wasn't true in the beginning, but it probably was near the end.
The second came about when she asked me to stay the night and said that I didn't need to pay her every time I saw her.
We had a great summer fling but that's really all it was.
In both cases, I paid for dinners, tickets to shows, etc. but they never pushed for anything.
Both ended amicably and they have both moved on to very nice lives.
I'm not suggesting that, if you ask your SP to see you off the clock, you will live happily ever after.
It will probably be a disaster. Only one way to know for sure.