The man took us on a journey that began with him bragging about being "a real gangster and pimp," to a reminder that he belonged to a family of attorneys, to then entertaining a monetary deal where they could continue to converse and potentially have sexual intercourse.

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Like the vast majority of women online, Haley, 31, of Holland, Michigan, gets frequent friend requests and messages from men whom she does not know IRL. She told BuzzFeed News she usually defaults to ignoring them or sending a quippy response. However, this week, she tried something new. She was inspired by a viral Facebook post shared by a woman named Lisa Lee Curtis last year. "I recently saw a post a friend shared where a woman simply responded by requesting money. I found that absolutely hilarious, but also effective at conveying the whole point that she had no interest in entertaining his advances," said Haley. On Tuesday, when she received a friend request and message from a man who began coming on to her, she decided to try this out.

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Haley said when she received a friend request from a man named James, whom she shared four mutual Facebook friends with, she messaged him first to make sure she did not forget meeting him at some point. "Nine times out of 10 I get a response very similar to his — something along the lines of 'no, but you're gorgeous' or 'no but I'd like to.' And that irritates the hell out of me," she said. After James did respond back with "Nope but I think ur gorgeous," Haley promptly responded with a request for $25. "Please remit $25 for response," she wrote to James, sending another request. James, who was initially confused, quickly turned offended. "I got So many hot bitches on lock. I'm retired and only 30 years old babe," he wrote. Things then only escalated — and the information and responses elicited by Haley's escalating amounts of money requests grew increasingly more interesting.

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James reminded her that she was conversing with "a Real gangster and pimp," and that he would not spend his hard-earned money on "shit that's pointless." He asked her to respond to him with something more substantive than a money request. Haley responded with another money request, this time doubling the amount to $50. James then told her that his parents and extended family members were "attorneys for the county ... so I wouldn't try any illegal." Haley responded with two more requests for payment and upped the ante: $150, then $2,000. In a sudden turn of events and change of heart, James said he'd now like to "remit $2000 for [him] to fuck [Haley]." He added that while he thought Haley was "sexy as fuck," he does not traditionally pay for conversation or sexual intercourse. So as a compromise, he offered that he pick her up, or she go to him, so they "can talk money." As he continued to write, he said he would not discuss an arrangement about money if it were "JUST TO TALK ONLINE." He was afraid she would take his money and block him, he said. He's had friends experience something similar.

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