Last night, I was sitting with this guy who tipped me like 20 bucks on stage. I asked for a dance after a bit of chilling and he was like, "I recently got divorced, I'm not really looking for that kind of attention right now, I like doing this, and it's free." Talking about us sitting together and chatting. I am cool with that, but he expected it for free, so I left. How do I start charging for my time? He ended up getting two dances after I left, so that was nice, but he seriously thought that I was going to continue to sit with him for FREE! Usually, when a guy wants to pay me for my time, he does without me having to explain things to him, so I've never set a price for my time and attention. What is a rate to charge for that and how do you ask?

