It is definitely NOT safe to say that something went wrong for me to "end up" in camming. It's a job that fits my talents, and suits my preferred lifestyle. I've done other jobs. I could do them again. I choose not to.

Very few camgirls do their job simply for pleasure, sure. But very few people do ANY job simply for pleasure. They may choose something related to their personal interests, but I think they also hope to be paid! And in that case, providing a product or service to others, no one can just do 100% what they want (not all of the time, anyway, and most have significantly LESS freedom in that respect than I do!) No, I do not have a "fetish" for doing taxes, dealing with rude customers, working long hours because business is slow one week but I still have bills, or providing shows that aren't always completely in line with my personal tastes.

Camming the JOB is different from camming for pleasure, you have to realize (and many don't--so many guys seem to think most of us are logged in for shits and giggles--I'm constantly being asked "what do you do for a living"...) For the record, I started out camming long before I was ever paid for it, and I have and DO post pictures or cam with people in my personal life, and enjoy it. Plenty of other jobs have a "professional" vs. a "hobby" version. Most of them don't get as much shit or looked down upon if they dare to express that they don't love everything about the career version as those in the adult industry do.

There are also plenty of people in other lines of work who chose their career based largely on income, instead of a particular interest. For some reason that's just peachy for them, but when it's a camgirl it's a terrible thing. Ridiculous double standard, if you ask me. If I was totally asexual but happened to have a knack for and chose to do camming anyway for the money and/or other benefits that suited me (and such people do exist), so what? Something still wouldn't have had to "go wrong" for me to make that decision. And if I absolutely hated my job, but it was providing for me, it's still no worse than anyone else who works a job they hate. Lucky for me, I don't happen to hate my job.