As someone that has been an escort their whole adult life (on and off!) I can wholeheartedly say I do not have any feelings of guilt. However, I do have some remorseful feelings, as a 40 year old who first got into this in my teens. These are the reasons why:

- Your 20s and 30s are normally the years in which you climb the career ladder and in time, achieve financial security through legitimate/ official means. As an escort, it is unlikely you will be able to do this (I know there are exceptions.) This means that in my case I do not have a secure career/financial foothold in life and m unlikely to create one now.

- Children. I've never wanted them but escorting has meant that I would never have been able to meet a traditionally-minded partner with whom to have children within a monogamous relationship, even if I had been that way inclined.

- In my experience over 20+ years, in escorting your life stays still. I am what I was 25 years ago- an escort. I still see some of the clients I saw over a decade ago and they have all advanced in life - better careers, marriage, personal progression. I am still the same as when they first met me. Which in a way is quite nice - I like my life- but does reinforce my feeling that being an escort has kept my life in stasis.

And like you OP it was not like that at the start - it was just for fun! And still is, really.

(Of course these are my personal opinions and I understand they don't apply to everyone.)