Depends on how (un)comfortable you feel. If you feel quite safe and can cope with a client unloading all that stuff, why not? Keep your boundaries in place, get your money first (should be easy since he wants to 'help' you), and see what happens.

I'd be wary of seeing this guy again, if he's getting this clingy after just one meet I can't imagine it's going to get any better. How long will it take until he's asking why you haven't come off of AW yet? He seems like trouble to me.

Yeh the 'helping financially' is a bit of a red flag too, could be a means of control. Sounds very OTT for someone you've seen once, best avoided methinks.

The chit chat shite daily texting would get on my nerves alone. I think anyone who says they want to help you financially is just trying to keep you interested in him I would get rid asap.

I would say red flag strait away with the chit chat.

I had a client who was super clingy from the first day we met, he poured his heart out to me after doing the deed, told me he had tried to take his own life and started crying whilst holding onto me  took me ages to calm him down. Then he wrote me a 2 page a4 letter posted it through the letterbox saying how we could be 'great friends' and could i help him 'make friends'.

I couldn't see him again after that as he was just too unstable, left me feeling quite sorry for him

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Its difficult isn't it when a client opens his heart up and you're just there feeling so awkward well i was anyway lol. I didn't dare say the wrong thing, but like you i wont be a councillor for a client either. I just cant deal with other peoples problems on my shoulders. xx

Give him the number for Samaritans and suggest they might be a more appropriate place to explore his feelings about abuse.

I started to wonder why he was so fascinated with paedophiles and people campaigning against them in the public eye to be honest. Worrying the types of people we meet doing this work. All sorts.

He may well have been abused as a child and the recent media coverage about 'celebrities' being found out years later for their crimes could have possibly brought back all the bad memories for him. Although its terrible for anyone to be abused as a child it must be really difficult for men too, as they're 'not meant to' talk about their feelings, cry, etc. They supposed to be tough so I can only imagine a lot of them keep it a secret. He might not have dared to ever tell anyone else about it, but feels that as an escort you would understand, if you know what I mean? Sounds like he doesn't need an escort, but a good counsellor, if he's got money maybe suggest he books himself in with a specialist in that field.