re: A record-high share of 40-year-olds in the U.S. have never been married

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My daughter, who just graduated with a bachelor's degree in Finance, started a job two weeks ago. She had a roommate who left college in her sophomore year and became a "social media influencer". Unsatisfied that she wasn't earning a six-figure salary as a "social media influencer", she opened an Only Fans account and, according to my daughter's recounting of a conversation she recently had with her ex-roommate, the girl is pulling down over $25k a month.

So I asked my daughter if making that kind of money was that easy, was that something she would ever do. She responded, "I don't want to marry the kind of man that would think me earning a living like that is acceptable, that's why. That's not how I was raised. And I know her parents. They probably don't know what she's doing. They just think she's a social media influencer."

Made me even more proud of her than before

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i'm very torn on only fans. not that i think it's good, but the porn industry is a freaking monster that has allowed for way too many abuses and underage girls for a long time.

OnlyFans kinda lets the "stars" do their own thing and make the most money without as many middlemen and from my understanding, they do their best to vet the ages of their "creators."

i'm wholly against porn. it's very bad, full stop, but i do feel like OF gives the women way more agency. your daughter's friend may or may not be making $25k a month from it, but i'd wager that would put her in the top 1% of porn stars salaries over a year and if she's just posting pics or videos of herself... then she's eliminating a lot of the gross stuff.