Everything I'm about to write is true to the best of my ability to recall. I'm a 'straight' guy, in my 20's, and for 8 months I turned to M4M sex work to survive... And then I kept doing it for another 10 months 😅

I started in December 2022 because I was unemployed, broke, and struggling to survive. I could barely afford rent and food each week, let alone bills.

I'm in my 20s, and I'd had sex with men a couple of times when I was younger out of curiosity and as an outlet for my submissive side, but it never really felt right and I thought that I'd more or less put all of that behind me.

I blame having a female sex worker as a former flatmate for putting the idea in my head. She'd worked in a brothel and would sometimes make as much money in a night, as I could in a week at my previous job.

Now living alone and desperate for money I started seriously considering giving it a go, even if it were only one time to keep the electricity on; after all, while my experience was limited, it's not like I hadn't bottomed before.

Still I was nervous about it, and it took a few weeks before my desperation overrode my apprehension. I posted my first online ad in the middle of the day, and by that evening I was doing my first booking.

The guy was a very successful, heavy-set middle aged man; he arrived at my flat and I took cash up front, I'd set an hourly rate but to my relief he only stuck around for maybe 20 minutes. He showered, I washed his cock and sucked him in the shower, then we dried off a little and he had me lay down on my bed with my legs over his shoulders while he fucked me for a few minutes until he came, got dressed and left.

NGL I felt pretty good about myself. While I still maintain my 'straight' or at least 'heteroflexible' identity to this day, it felt weirdly validating, and I had a fresh $300 (Australian dollars) in my wallet.

From there, more men contacted me over the coming days, and I did more bookings; roughly 2-4 per week for the next 8 months. I was still looking for other work, but with a source of income, I got more lax in my efforts.

Eventually though, I finally got a job after months of searching that I'm still doing today. The work is casual, but the pay and work environment are better than anything I've experienced before. Despite that, it took me another 10 months of doing 1-2 bookings per fortnight for a little extra cash until I finally stopped renewing my ads in June this year.

Some people might ask why as a 'straight' guy, I didn't advertise towards women, or top guys; and the truth is that I don't last very long in bed, plus advertising costs money and there realistically aren't enough women seeking male sex workers for it to be viable, also I'm a sub at heart, I don't need to be aroused to bottom, and the thought of topping a guy gives me the ick in a way that bottoming simply doesn't; bottoming just kinda feels more natural to my personality I guess? 👀

There were good and bad aspects to sex work, but overall it was a mostly positive experience and one of the better jobs I've had for my mental health. After a long run of toxic employers and work places I really enjoyed being able to work for myself, and it was nice to feel desirable.

It's not something that I could do forever though, and while I don't miss the work, or dealing with some of the more problematic booking enquiries, there's a small part of me that wonders if I should renew my ads again... Just for a little while.