Thanks Steve. I hope to address your recent questions in other posts but need more time to research and provide you the material. Here we are just speaking plainly. I would agree with you, and think sex work could be legalized with proper restrictions or requirements.
But also to say, there are some things that may never be fulfilled... And we ask why that might be?
For example, you can pay for sex but will it fulfill the emotional longing and feeling like you are sharing with an equal interest?
I have not risen above physical temptation and oftentimes feel mad for obsessing over particular ideas. I do seek to liberate myself from these obsessions and hope to enjoy earthly pleasures. Is it possible?
And... HIK on friendship,
2) Relationship is nourished by contact, kingship is maintained by reciprocity, but friendship is developed with love. There is no relationship that can be compared with friendship, for it is in learning the law of friendship that one understands ethics and morals, and also the relation between man and God.
https://wahiduddin.net/mv2/VII/VII_38.htmAlso, when you develop a friendship with someone "love" is more real than illusory... Often times people rushing into satisfying their desires find a reason to separate from their relationship.