lockwing said:
Has any one ever become good friends with an sp and then felt guilty about paying for her time? I mean you have her home phone number, you've been by her house, you e-mail all the time and all of a sudden you get a chance to see her as an sp and you feel funny about it? I may be getting a chance to do this soon and I think I might feel weird about it. Any thoughts?
If she's getting into the business, don't book her, or you can kiss the friendship goodbye.
Booking someone who was a friend before they went into the business would be the ultimate insult in both directions. You're saying her friendship means nothing and has no future, you just want a piece of what she's got. Her accepting the booking should tell you how much of a future your friendship had before you threw it away.
When it happens by accident, even with a casual acquaintance, I think you'll find the situation a bit more unnerving than you'd expect. (OTOH, maybe some people would find it a turn-on.)
If you met her as an SP, don't forget the role-playing/actress aspect of the business before you presume your "friendship" means as much as you think.
Put it this way: if you didn't get a celebratory "free" session for your birthday, new years, or some other such event, you still need to keep paying and are putting too much stock in the relationship.