The assumed context of the reader is a guy who has gone to a strip club and had some minimal interaction with a stripper where he bought a lap dance or some such, and he now thinks the stripper likes him...
... This is a common enough event in the life of a young man..!
Now, of course, there is such a context as being a personal friend of a stripper or prostitute or other sex worker and actually being liked by them as a friend or even as a lover...
But he thinks they really like him is a very real thing.
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ITT people who aren't friends with sex workers
...what people? You're the only top level comment.
If you're friends with a sex worker, you usually don't refer to them as "the stripper".
The assumed context of the reader is a guy who has gone to a strip club and had some minimal interaction with a stripper where he bought a lap dance or some such, and he now thinks the stripper likes him...
... This is a common enough event in the life of a young man..!
Now, of course, there is such a context as being a personal friend of a stripper or prostitute or other sex worker and actually being liked by them as a friend or even as a lover...
But he thinks they really like him is a very real thing.
Ask Van Gogh's ear.