I managed to have sex despite being sexually unresponsive and received an allowance afterward.

My first thought was, “Wait… you can really get this much money that easily?” (It definitely wasn’t a huge amount—I think it was actually below the going rate. I just named an amount that seemed reasonable, figuring he might give me something.) This is just my personal impression, but I finally understood why people with respectable daytime jobs had told me, “You’re putting yourself in danger” and “I feel sorry for you.” The man also said that people who have nothing to lose are frightening. (I hope he wasn’t talking about me.) Am I somehow out of sync with what’s considered normal? He advised me that I should just get a regular job, but honestly, my warped sense of money has numbed me.