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发帖数: 8469 | 1 MIAMI — Let's face it: Getting a college education, even at an in-state
public university, isn't as cheap as it used to be. Florida students are
increasingly being forced to work long hours, or borrow substantially, to
pay for their degrees.
There is another financing option out there, however. It's one that many
find morally repugnant, but at least hundreds of Florida students are doing
it, according to one website.
It's called "sugar" dating — instead of footing the bill for those credit
hours yourself, you find a quite-wealthy, somewhat-older "Sugar Daddy" or "
Sugar Mommy" who is interested in both dating you and giving you a monthly
stipend. The arrangement typically involves a mature gentleman (who is
sometimes married) and a younger woman.
"It's all about communicating up front about what you want out of a
relationship, and what you expect out of the other person," said Brandon
Wade, founder and CEO of SeekingArrangement.com, a leading sugar dating
website.
Others call Wade's business nothing more than thinly veiled prostitution.
For the women on SeekingArrangement.com, what they're seeking is often
dollar-specific: as much as $10,000 a month, or more, to date a certain well
-heeled man.
College students make up about 40 percent of the Sugar Babies on Wade's site
, and when he compiled a list of the 20 colleges that represented the
biggest source of signups in 2011, three Florida schools were among those to
bask in this somewhat-dubious honor.
The University of South Florida led in-state schools at No. 7 (a total of 93
signups last year), followed by the University of Central Florida at No. 14
(67 signups) and South Florida's own Florida International University at No
. 20 (59 signups). Administrators at all three schools had no comment. New
York University occupied the No. 1 spot.
Sugar Baby profiles on the website rarely, if ever, list a specific college
or university, but a search for Miami-area college students turned up
results ranging from racy to pseudo-romantic. One 22-year-old woman boasted
"I love Victoria's Secret and you will love the way my body looks in it,"
while a 21-year-old wrote she was pursuing a master's degree followed by a
doctorate, and was hoping for "travels, friendship and help with tuition."
Within the subculture of so-called "sugar" dating websites — and there are
lots of them — SeekingArrangement.com is one of the best known. The site
claims more than a million worldwide members and has been profiled by
numerous national media outlets, including ABCs "20/20" earlier this month.
As college students have become a larger share of its customer base, Wade
stepped up his courtship of this demographic through targeted advertising
and by tracking the number of users who join with college-based ".edu" email
addresses.
It is from that email tracking that SeekingArrangement.com compiled its list
of the schools with the most 2011 signups. Wade admits the list doesn't
account for those students who join under their personal email address, such
as a Gmail account. But Wade still calls the list a reliable barometer, as
many college students in fact use their .edu email accounts because doing so
grants them perks such as a free premium membership upgrade, and
certification as a "College Sugar Baby" on their profile. Profiles with that
official college certification receive three times as many inquiries, Wade
says.
FIU students who were asked about their school's No. 20 ranking were
uniformly dismissive of ever using that type of dating site, though some
female students said income is usually — and appropriately — a factor when
they are assessing a dating partner.
"That reflects upon ambition, smarts ... you're looking for someone who's
going to be stable," said Leyana Quintero, a 19-year-old international
relations major.
Senior Yuleni Pulido, 24, agreed, while insisting that there's a huge
difference between noticing what kind of car your guy drives and joining a "
sugar" website.
"In a relationship, there's still feelings and emotions and integrity
involved," Pulido said. Sugar dating, she said, seems "like a formal
transaction."
Wade rejects the notion his website functions like a glorified escort
service — escorts, in fact, are specifically barred from joining. A steady
stream of prostitutes still try to become members anyway, however. Wade says
about 10 to 20 escorts are removed daily.
Membership is strongest in big cities, as opposed to college towns, Wade
said. Wade speculated this could be due to the higher cost of living in
metropolitan areas, or the more-sizable supply of wealthy Sugar Daddies
living there. | s*y
发帖数: 18644 | 2 前年在bellevue失踪的那个小孩的妈妈就是在这个网站找sugar daddy的 | i***0
发帖数: 8469 | 3 你怎么什么都知道?
【在 s*y 的大作中提到】
: 前年在bellevue失踪的那个小孩的妈妈就是在这个网站找sugar daddy的
| f********m
发帖数: 8405 | 4 那个小孩是她妈妈谋杀的吗？
【在 s*y 的大作中提到】
: 前年在bellevue失踪的那个小孩的妈妈就是在这个网站找sugar daddy的
| s*y
发帖数: 18644 | 5 反正是他妈弄丢的，但是警方没有起诉她
【在 f********m 的大作中提到】
: 那个小孩是她妈妈谋杀的吗？
| s*y
发帖数: 18644 | 6 因为那个失踪的小孩就叫sky啊！
【在 i***0 的大作中提到】
: 你怎么什么都知道?
| f********m
发帖数: 8405 | 7 我有印象这个案子，但不记得找回来没有。。。也不知道还有糖爹。。。
【在 s*y 的大作中提到】
: 反正是他妈弄丢的，但是警方没有起诉她
| p****r
发帖数: 9164 | 8 有找sugar mom 的网站吗？
【在 f********m 的大作中提到】
: 我有印象这个案子，但不记得找回来没有。。。也不知道还有糖爹。。。
| f********m
发帖数: 8405 | 9 话说，8街转405的路口有几个要钱的，一个拿着牌子说single dad，一个拿着牌子说
single mom，我家小朋友问，为啥他俩不结婚啊。。。 | l****n
发帖数: 6896 | 10 哈哈哈，that's a good one。下次经过时注意瞧瞧。
【在 f********m 的大作中提到】
: 话说，8街转405的路口有几个要钱的，一个拿着牌子说single dad，一个拿着牌子说
: single mom，我家小朋友问，为啥他俩不结婚啊。。。
| s*y
发帖数: 18644 | 11 没找回来呢
【在 f********m 的大作中提到】
: 我有印象这个案子，但不记得找回来没有。。。也不知道还有糖爹。。。
| f********m
发帖数: 8405 | 12 嗯，她说，那就可以一个人带孩子一个人去工作，不用问别人要钱了。
安排得挺好的呢。
【在 l****n 的大作中提到】
: 哈哈哈，that's a good one。下次经过时注意瞧瞧。
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