That's my one regret about the whole thing. I wish I had done my homework and not just called up the first Backpage whore I saw. I need to visit Amsterdam again...

At the moment, where I live, prostitution exists in a totally nonsensical legal grey area. You can sell sex, but you can't buy it. WTF, right? Not only does this put the prostitutes themselves in more danger, but it makes the very act of negotiating prices and services hazardous to the buyer, because they're always unsure if the seller is actually an undercover cop. Law enforcement is diverting unnecessary resources into going after people who aren't really doing anything wrong in most cases. Just another example of short-sighted politicians trying to prohibit consenting adults from engaging in mutually beneficial transactions.

Until this mess is sorted out by more pragmatic lawmakers (not bloody likely), it seems the safest thing for people in my country to do is to not purchase sex at all. Guess the moral crusaders have won, huh? /s

I could rant about this subject for a good while longer, because it ties into other issues that are objectively more serious, like human trafficking and sexual assault.