I recently moved into a new two bedroom place and put an ad in the local reader for a roommate to help pay for the rent. I stated in the ad that my preference was for a young woman and have been getting inquiries from several. To my surprise a few have asked me on the phone if I would consider exchanging "benefits" instead of rent money. I was stumped the first time it came up, not sure exactly what she meant, but dug into it with two others that followed and sure enough they are proposing what I thought. One was even clear that she'd been willing to exchange favors on a weekly basis. It has certainly got me thinking about it.
It's been a while since I have done the roommate thing and I'm wondering if this is becoming more common now that times are tougher? I am also not sure how to proceed with this - should I just invite them over to see if I like them and go from there? Any advice from the gals on how to approach this would be appreciated. -Jim
Smells like massive legal trouble in the future, mate.
I'd refuse if I were you.
Echoing the Mad one - this is so fishy it stinks - run, do not walk, away from this
You are asking for all kinds of trouble you can't even imagine! Get a regular roommate, stop thinking with your dick and forget a young female, collect the rent and pay a professional if you must....
Bunny12
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If she pays everything like that, try to imagine who she'll be hanging out with.
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Let's see... you fucked your neighbors wife...and that, after you fucked your other friends neice in his trailer while he was not around.
And you didn't have a clue what these potential female room mates were suggesting? Sure, Jim...I believe your degrees of naïveté.
I think you should go fo it. Life should be full of experiences and you're a young man who seems to have few boundaries when it comes to sexual relations.
On the bright side, in a couple of decades you'll have some unique stories to reminisce over.
The same GQP demanding we move on from January 6th, 2021 is still doing audits of the November 3rd, 2020 election.
That is the worst idea ever with few exceptions, and they are things like say, the Manhattan Project. Way more trouble in the long run than the worth of the short term benefits.
If a friends with benefits relationship develops with a paying roommate and it's not a contractual obligation, then that's not necessarily bad. I absolutely agree that it doesn't serve you well to have placed an ad (probably for a small fee), and then not get any money from the situation.
Also, if I may suggest something for the general selection of roommates, you should not judge a book by its cover. I've had nice, clean straight-laced seeming young men and women turn out to be white-drug dealing ravers who party with their music so loud that it literally cracks your walls as it shakes any artwork off of them, and lack housekeeping skills to such a degree that despite any efforts on your part, the house fills with rats and chickens. After escaping that mess however, I moved in with a crazy looking dude almost twice my age. He was a two-time convicted felon and had spent as much of his adult life in prison than out. He was a tattoo artist who tattooed a traditional Celtic pattern of war-paint into his own face using a melting plastic hairbrush and a stolen needle whilst in prison. By the time I lived with him though, he had gotten his life together extremely well, had been clean from heroin, dust and meth (his old favorites) for seventeen years. He was the best roommate (whom I wasn't involved with romantically) I ever had in my life. He made a mean alligator stew, and four out of the four break-ins to our home were repelled by his showing up naked, covered in ink and holding combat knives or machetes. Never once had to to anything more than just display that image before the intruders scattered.
Of course, that's just personal experience, but the point is not to jump to conclusions.
Also, how does the woman you're dating feel about this idea? Have you discussed it with her? 
I'm glad I'm not the only following the "Jimforpleasure Sexcapades." Can't wait for the next installment!