This applies as much to my personally life as it does to work, actually. And my interactions online.

She was divorced in 2013. It's not clear from Wikipedia whether he's married, but I think not.

Whut whut whut?! Pedro and Lena Headey a couple? Oh my. I have some fantasizing to do.

We actually don't know that. There are lots of people who don't fit standard XX or XY, and unless she's had genetic testing and announced it, we have no way of knowing what her chromosomes are. This is not an assumption you can safely make.

OMG - it's that guy! I didn't even recognize him. Yeah, the hairy version is way hotter.

I tend to use handkerchiefs for that, even in public. I like my clothes more than my dignity.

Good to know! I'm fashion forward; I had no idea.

Ah, the halcyon days of the '90s, when we humans dwelled placidly under the dot-com bubble, foolishly investing all of our money in Beanie Babies and plucking out most of our eyebrow hairs....

I'm really glad this turned out to be fake. This rest of the news is shitty enough.

Probably not. But lots better reasons than when we invaded last time.

And we start bombing when now?

That's right! I'd forgotten they did that. Their protest fizzled pretty quickly.

It is, given that it's on ABC Family. Covers lots of issues. I was totally impressed when they had the trans teen boy on. I'm shocked that Christian groups aren't picketing this show, actually.

Maybe that's what he's saying. The deal started one way, though, with an agreement from him of no physical stuff. And he was trying to negotiate new terms of wanting physical touching including hugging, so it's quite possible he was trying to groom her into allowing more. The persuasion to change the terms of the deal…

There's like a regular old dictionary that can define it for you. Actually, there's more than one. And here. And here.

I got caught in that, I'm embarrassed to admit. My first reaction was "well, you knew he was asking for sex, right?" When in fact she spelled out the terms and he agreed to them, but then changed the request after she took the money. Just because *I* can guess he was really into it for the boners, doesn't mean that's…

Adding to the equation though - as AnglKat notes in another thread, she has a right to say no, even if money exchanged hands. Money doesn't equal consent. She's under no obligation.

That's a good point. She certainly has the right to say no. I guess if he keeps pestering her for some sexual favors then it's understandable she would get tired of it and eventually out him for pushing the issue.

I wish I owned a business and could hire her. :(

Yeah, I had as hard a time with her as I did with him. She's asking him for cash, and then getting offended? Clearly from the beginning you had an idea of why he was feeding you cash. Don't ask for it if you don't want him to ask for a quid pro quo.