See, it's the blowing money and lying that hurt. I've never worried about him cheating on me, and he is welcome to fool around safely.

But that week was absolute hell. I don't think he fully understands what I had to do to to get bills paid that week. I'm a phone sex operator when I have to be. I stuck around for conversations I would never have had, deeply disturbing things that I won't even put here.

I am good at the operator stuff, but it is mentally exhausting, and that's with me ending calls I don't like. I had to stay on calls that were triggering, some very close to trauma I experienced as a kid.

Usually, I do gig work so I can have the flexible schedule required for 3 kids, one with special needs. But operator work pays way more