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what an "arrangement" taught me about trust, sex, and real intimacy | musing no. 22

it wasn’t about sex. or money. it was about trust she never had before.

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Aug 07, 2025
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A woman in a black slip stands near a lamp-lit wall, her back partially exposed. She looks down in shadow, while a man stands in the mirror’s reflection, watching her calmly from across the room. The tension between them is palpable. A moody, intimate visual for cuffed musing no. 22.

They say men who pay for things are insecure.

That it’s a power play. A transaction. A flex.

That it’s cold. Unromantic. Shameful.

They’re wrong.

I didn’t start dating again looking for an “arrangeme…

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