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SeekingArrangement.com is an easy to use website, specifically for those seeking mutually beneficial arrangements or mutually beneficial relationships, namely, sugar daddies, sugar mommas and sugar babies.
While she enjoyed the consistency and felt trusted and respected in these arrangements, using SeekingArrangement sometimes negatively affected her mental health. When meeting with men she met on SeekingArrangement, Ava, like the other sugar babies interviewed by the Minnesota Daily, said she often worried about her safety. She took extra precautions by meeting men in public places so they would not know where she lives. To Ava, the arrangements were mutually beneficial.
Seeking Arrangement’s URL was changed to avoid the site from being associated with prostitution, human trafficking, or other illegal activities. This happened right after Apple emphasized that it is not supporting sugar dating sites, and when the US government entered into a law prohibiting online sex trafficking. Seeking Arrangement has a disclaimer that it is not an escort service company. They even encourage people not to have a pay-per-meet relationship. Sugar babies are not standing in a sketchy alley at 2am surrounded by drug dealers and petty criminals risking their safety.
“I first started out when I was about 19,” said Emily. “I was from an area of deprivation that I was trying to get out of. I’m not from a wealthy family, and even though I was working, and still I’m working three jobs, there was always a [shortfall].
And, despite the surprising abundance of sugar dating sites available, the overwhelming majority of individuals flocked to a single platform. I am a simple woman looking for a sugar baby to spoil silly with love and affection. Money and luxury living are the norm in their lives. Being generous with their Sugar Baby financially and in gifts is natural as a Sugar Parent.
In fact, the prevalence of sugar babies on college campuses has increased substantially in the last few years — a trend to which Yale contributes. Brian said that Yale has “pockets” of students involved with Seeking Arrangement, and that, “once you have one friend who does it,” others become curious and start to follow. Seeking Arrangement is notorious for touting arrangements between older wealthy men and attractive young women. So for Emily, a proponent of women’s rights, it’s been difficult to rationalize her position in the industry. Risks are embedded in the network of Seeking Arrangement.
How long does it take for my profile to be approved? Please be patient, photos and profiles enter the approval process in the order they were received. This usually takes 24-48 hours, however if the site is experiencing a high volume, this process may take longer.
As I consider my own experiences and the sugar dating stories I’ve heard from countless other men and women online, I can’t help but wonder what the long term implications of this trend will be. To add fuel to the fire, sugar baby coaches and conferences now exist teaching newbie sugar babies how to effectively extract more cash from sugar daddies to give you an idea of where this is going. Sugar babies get to live like a princess and have their materialistic dreams come true and sugar daddies get to build a harem of attractive women willing to do anything and everything he asks in exchange, of course, for cash. Needless to say, both men and women have different fantasies about what “romance” is.
They’ve even created » Sugar Baby University,» where no minimum GPA is required, and users are encouraged to «join today and get your education paid for by a generous sponsor.» According to Seeking Arrangement, it is not an actual university — the benefit of registering as a student is that you get an upgraded membership for free. Among Seeking’s 20 million users, the average sugar daddy is 38, male and makes $250,000 annually. The site says the average sugar baby collects $2,800 a month. On and off Seeking, there are sugar mommies with male sugar babies and LGBTQ sugar relationships. But the archetypal sugar baby (which I’ve focused on in this piece) is a young, heterosexual, student or professional woman who uses sugaring to feel less financially precarious—or enjoy a higher standard of living—while largely avoiding the stigma and legal risks of sex work.
Someone who is there for you based on your agreed mutually beneficial arrangement terms, and does not play games with you. No more fakers and time wasters, but a sincere and genuine companion and partner, to pamper you and shower you with the affection, attention, intimacy and financial support you desire. As such, a sugar arrangement is one where a sugar daddy/sugar momma and the sugar baby are straightforward and upfront with each other on what they both want.
But if you look into it a bit, you’ll see it’s the SAME website owners. SA used to be good but now it’s FILLED with fake profiles of women to bait you into paying their high membership fees.
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The third Sugar Daddy pays her a «monthly allowance» of $2,000 a month, and she sees him twice a week. That adds up to a minimum of $4,900 a month in income.
For many sugar babies, and for many college students like Brian and Emily, Seeking Arrangement is a way to provide a steady flow of financial income when other options have proven insufficient. It’s a source of means. Participating in the industry isn’t just a matter of making an account and having older men throw Fendi purses one’s way.