Dear Prudence,
A close friend of mine recently set me up on a date with an attractive woman. We went for dinner, had a few drinks and then she suggested that for $1,000, she’d come back to my place for the night. I politely declined and she expressed some frustration about me wasting her time. My friend was also surprised and “disappointed” that I didn’t take her up on the offer, complaining that I had made him look bad. I’m just a little in shock. I don’t have a problem with sex work but I also do not have any interest in it and certainly never solicited it from my friend. I’ve made it very clear to them that this cannot happen again but I am still at a loss to understand why they would think this is something I wanted and worried that people seem to perceive me in this way. Is this normal? How do I address this?
—Not Like That