S1E5 - Where's The Line Between Professional Girlfriend And Just Plain "Professional"?

It's a Saturday night. You're at a bar or a club, whichever suits your fancy, and you see this guy you find attractive. Your friends might disagree, but hey, whatever suits your fancy. Seven shots later, you guys are talking. You would exchange phone numbers but that's just cheap. So you exchange emails instead, because that's just a lot classier. You know, by adding each other on Facebook, MSN, MySpace, Twitter, whichever suits your fancy.

Innocent cyber flirting soon turns into full blown cyber sex. So you know the part where it was too cheap to give out your number? Now's probably the time. Here's the thing. What if he called you up and said 

"Come over now. I'm at ..."

Would you do it? I find that most women probably wouldn't. Despite knowing that this is nothing but a booty call, most women want to be wined and dined before taking their panties off. It's the whole idea of being romanced. And also, to be treated with a little more respect. So this is where I wonder, what difference is it than being"professional"? 

A guy once told me, sex is never free. Even if she's not a hooker. You want to sleep or date (and then sleep) with a woman, you have to woo her. You have to play the game and this game is far from free. So technically, all women are whores. That conversation between us didn't end very well. By end, I mean rear end, for my foot was parked in it.

Ever heard the term, to pay in kind? Well, let's face it, women will not jump into bed with a man before foreforeplay. That's everything prior to foreplay. There may not be cold hard cash on the night stand but everything prior to that costs money. I mean yes, we are all capable of paying for our own meals, but when the man offers to pay, that itself is some form of consolation. And because he's such a chivalrous gentleman, would you take your clothes off now?

So where is the the line between professional girlfriend and just plain professional?

The same line that is drawn by social norm. Put a label on it and everything is more justifiable.

She's his girlfriend, so it's OK.

She's not even his girlfriend! What a gold digging whore.

The great thing about labels is, you can put it on and take it off as you like. Unless of course you're a certain Miss Coco Chanel, then you sure as hell would want it on cause that's an extra three grand for you. But that's the beauty of your own brand - attach, detach. Whichever suits your fancy.