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Just to be clear: are you suggesting that the only reason someone would want a companion is to satisfy lust?

What other reason would there be to have a girlfriend or boyfriend? Financial exploitation?

Love? Emotional connection? Care, empathy, social connection, support, like-mindedness…

Lust and control are perhaps the two worst reasons to have a relationship.

Those sound like the excuses people typically make for lust, yes.

Are you on the spectrum too?

The funny thing about this — I am