‘Sugar Babies’: Internet ‘dating’ for money
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WASHINGTON — Pretty young women and older men of means — “sugar babies” and “sugar daddies” — are pairing up thanks to a US Web site that openly offers companionship for money, but balks at the word prostitution.
SeekingArrangement.com (SA) — which bills itself as the “premier Sugar Daddy dating site” — does not beat around the bush.
“We are a matchmaking Web site for wealthy benefactors, and attractive guys and gals,” its front page says.
It is one of dozens of Internet sites that centers around the age-old idea of a “Sugar Daddy” — an older man who pays to maintain the lifestyle for a younger, beautiful companion.
On SA, the idea is simple: a man who is “rich and successful... single or married” sets up an online profile that reveals the amount in his bank accounts and the monthly allowance he can provide to a willing woman..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
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