Guys who have (one-sided) Open LTR's: why?

I understand TRPs opposition to prostitutes in the context of being a man with shitty game/frame/looks etc. That's equivalent to accepting defeat; fine.

But if you already have those skills and an attractive partner but just in need of a little sexual variety on the side, why can't you satisfy that need through seeing the occasional prostitute? Do you need the psychological validation of plates to feel good about yourself and maintain abundance mentality?

When I was actively plating, I got off on being as opaque as possible in regard to commitment towards girls because I loved how much investment that would reap me and found it very validating. Ofc, TRP would criticize this not only because it's a shitty thing to do and that this validation seeking behavior is weak, but especially because those shortcuts would eventually end in shitstorms of catastrophical propotions long-term and I had to find that out the hard way multiple times.

OTOH, being upfront about casual intentions never made much sense to me either, as them also sleeping with other guys and putting in the same minimal effort as myself would make it feel almost as transactional as going to a prostitute. Plating that way, at least to me, and especially if you already have a main girl, only makes sense if you have a very organical pipeline to replace churn and rather limited amounts of $.

Or so the unreliable narrator tells us...

My sister, in our household while growing up, was very adamant that if one of her younger brothers got something, she needed to get something too.

If I got something? She she needed to get something. If my younger brother got something? She needed to get something.

This didn't work in reverse, however. To suggest that she share something with us was an outrage. And she could tell you at length about how her brothers got everything and she got nothing.

That's not demanding half, that's demanding double.

To some extent, that's human nature because people are very aware of the work and money they are expending on others' behalf, not so much the other way around. If you interview people in a volunteer organization and ask "what percent of the work are you doing?" they all think they're doing 70-80% of the work, which is mathematically impossible.

It doesn't support her argument to say that the thoughtless and stingy ape served her breakfast in bed on her birthdays, for instance.