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<p>If “running in high social circles” equates to many having sugar daddies/sugar babies… well… … not sure what to say about that. I’ll stick to my dull, boring, life.</p>
<p>Dang, now I really wish I was a wealthy physician.</p>
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<p>Guys ask people that they know what they think of this girl and that girl all the time.</p>
<p>It is no different than a girl asking her friends what they think of this guy they all met at the club that she is planning on dating. This phase is just done online in this world. No different than any other peer screening.</p>
<p>And this is not some high-end world only. There is an entire cadre of SBs for whom $500/mo is just fine because they need to make up the shortage to pay for an apartment they want or a car they want. Tons of men can swing that, and they do. To confuse SD-SBs only as some rich world would be a mistake. Just as there are low-end street walkers and high-end escorts who are are both just hookers, the same range exists for SBs. </p>
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<p>I am old-fashioned as well. But, I am not oblivious to the world around me though.</p>
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But they aren’t usually ■■■■■■■■ sugar daddy/sugar baby websites when then inquire. </p>
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<p>Perhaps that’s part of the problem. The correct term for adult females is “women,” not “girls.” </p>
<p>Awcntb, you seem to me to be painting an excessively rosy portrait of this kind of relationship.</p>
<p>If SBs want no-strings attached sex, there are no end of places where they can get it If SBs like the sophistication of an older man, they can find that too - there are plenty of older men on normal dating sites, many of whom would be happy to date a pretty young woman. Similarly, wealthy older men have never had trouble attracting younger women without the benefit of official contracts and a pay-per-visit set-up.</p>
<p>I may be a little skeeved out by May-December romances that invite talk of trophy-wives or gold-digging, but there’s a substantive difference between that and these kind of “arrangements.” I’ll allow that there is also a difference between these kind of arrangements and run of the mill prostitution, but that doesn’t mean this isn’t a matter of young women selling their bodies.</p>
<p>"Before the feminist movement, “girls were girls and men were men.”</p>
<p>Don’t want to even get involved in this thread, but I just had to say something. This is ridiculous and really offensive. I come from a pretty traditional culture originally, but I have little to no interest in most ‘feminine’ roles and am so, so thankful to live in a culture where I can be who I am, not to have to fit into some idiotic stereotype of what a woman should be.</p>
<p>Carry on.</p>
<p>$500 a month? OMG that’s what I made in 15 minutes, in/out, not what you think, trading stocks.</p>
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<p>That is an interesting issue in itself. </p>
<p>The feminist movement has done wonders for the SB world, whether it wanted to or not. The girls relish the fact that they can do what they want and very few prominent feminists chastise them. Kind of hard to tell women they can be 100% independent and make their own choices, and then also tell them their lifestyle is not approved. </p>
<p>@acollegestudent, I don’t blame you for not wanting to get involved. I dropped out of the thread a ways back (and, in my defense, was only peripherally involved), and see that the keyboards are still being banged on. I’m sure that many on the thread have learned a lot and that viewpoints have changed. [/sarcasm]</p>
<p>“Carry on” was the right advice. </p>
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<p>Why are you comparing your life and income standards to theirs? For the SB girls that need or want $500/mo that is huge. An additional $6k a year tax-fee may be equivalent to $50K for you. As with anything, some people shop at the dollar store and some at Macys. No difference. </p>
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<p>You can just as easily lose $500 in 15 minutes, they can’t. </p>
<p>I don’t think the amount is worth involved in this sort of business. I made a lot more money when I was younger too like in college, I had a good paying job/jobs. No sugar daddy was involved. Like I wrote in earlier post, make sure you up the ante if you do this.</p>
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<p>No, I am just telling you exactly what I see and explaining why the people (both SD and SBs) that I know are attracted to the arrangement. </p>
<p>I can only relate what I see and hear. This arrangement may not attract others, as it does not attract me, but I am not stupidly blind to why some others are attracted to it.</p>
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But they can afford to loose something else that can’t be recovered like self-esteem?</p>
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<p>You are making my point. The $500 is a lot to that strata of SB. Higher is irrelevant to her because her brain does not even conceive asking for higher. Maybe they need you as a coach.</p>
<p>Maybe they are so smart after all.</p>
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<p>Again, maybe they need you as a coach. You do not seem to get that they value different things than you do. And because they believe they have the right to be 100% independent, they could care less what other women think. </p>
<p>Maybe they are not greedy, and not in it just for the money. If $500 is what they need, it is enough.</p>