He wanted to know what it is like to be married!

I saw this article in today's newspaper. It cracks me up. He probablly is better off than if he had been married to her, divorced, and then been screwed over by a nasty divorce attorney.

Still. He was an adiot. You got to hand it to her though. Only 31 and manages to own a handful of properties in Sydney. She must be doing something right.

Hooker keeps house sold by client
Vanda Carson
22jun05

A PROSTITUTE can keep a house sold to her at a massive discount by an infatuated former customer after the NSW Supreme Court ruled she did not exploit his emotional attachment to her.

Fang Lin, known as Christine Lin, who successfully argued that she had only a professional relationship with electrician Dan Yun Xu, can keep the house, on Sydney's north shore, which is valued at up to $900,000.

Mr Xu, 57, who had paid Ms Lin, 31, for sex over six years, sold the house to her two years ago at an agreed price of $700,000 but she only paid $560,000.

Mr Xu asked judge Reg Barrett to order Ms Lin to give him back the house or repay him. He said he had sold the house to Ms Lin to try to persuade her to leave her job as a prostitute at several Sydney brothels and live with him and have his child. Mr Xu said it was his way of expressing love and affection for Ms Lin.

"If I didn't sell, I would have lost her," he said.

Mr Xu said Ms Lin threatened to end contact with him if he did not sell her the house, a claim Ms Lin denied.

But the pair never lived together and Mr Xu now lives alone in the Chatswood house following his transfer of the property to her name. He pays rent to Ms Lin, who continues to work as a prostitute and now owns several investment properties in Sydney, according to yesterday's judgment. Justice Barrett found Mr Xu was infatuated with Ms Lin and was deluded in believing his feelings were reciprocated.

"He sold to the defendant ... as a means of attempting to advance his relationship and to ingratiate himself with her," Justice Barrett said.

During the six years Mr Xu was Ms Lin's client he showered her with gifts and gave her money on top of what he paid for sex. He visited her at brothels and they went on dates to the Sydney Casino, to restaurants and on an overnight trip to Canberra.

Ms Lin charged $500 for a typical night out, which included dinner and sex.

"Throughout some six years, there was no mutual commitment to an emotional relationship beyond intimacy incidental to the prostitute-client relationship," Justice Barrett said.

Mr Xu had sex with other prostitutes during the six years, and Ms Lin had "four or five" other clients she saw regularly as well as her brothel work. Just because Mr Xu had been foolishly generous and made an "imprudent bargain" did not mean the court should overturn the deal, the judge said.

Mr Xu had argued that a card celebrating the anniversary of their meeting - given to him by Ms Lin - proved their relationship was real. The card, picturing a boy and girl with their arms around each other, said: "In you I've found the love of my life and the closest truest friend of my heart. Happy Anniversary".

Ms Lin had added in her own writing: "Til death shall part us and our hearts will always remain as one. Still want to marry you. From the person who loves you the most."

But Ms Lin told the court the card was just "a game or a joke" where she played the role Mr Xu wanted her to play.

Mr Xu's lawyer said he planned to appeal the decision.