29yo aromantic, sex-repulsed cis-female here.

I've got a high position in the production side of the entertainment industry. Bills are paid. Benefits are fine. I work 7 days a week to keep things on schedule but hey, at least my resume glows.

All it took was sleeping w/ my 58yo boss once.

I was 23yo & 2y into the job being paid less than minimum wage. That year, I came out w/ a proposal that finally, finally got approved for preproduction... so long as I could convince this specific boss to help me produce it.

And, well. Tldr, he gave me The Ultimatum. And at that point? I'd already resolved that I wanted this job more than anything in the world. I just needed to close my eyes. 15min, tops.

Now, when I look around & realize I'm the youngest female coworker in my position, I think: there's no other way I could've gotten here. I walk past former coworkers in my old division making 3K a month tops, and I don't regret what I did. I don't regret what I did. I don't regret what I did.