Posted on 10/05/2013 6:24:24 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
sugar daddy (noun): a well-to-do usually older man who supports or spends lavishly on a mistress, girlfriend, or boyfriend.
The government shutdown may have become a boon for one kind of online dating site — those that help users find sugar daddies.
SeekingArrangment.com, which bills itself as "the world's largest sugar daddy dating website," says it has seen a 50 percent jump in average daily sign-ups since last Sunday, just before congressional intransigence forced the federal government to stop fully functioning. WhatsYourPrice.com, which lets people bid for first dates, reports a similar increase — the average number of daily signups went from 500 to 900 since Sunday.
SeekingArrangement works like other dating sites, providing a platform for people to meet. For a fee, it provides background checks and verification of its users. But as a niche dating community, people go to SeekingArrangement for a certain kind of match — someone to help pay the bills.
"They come here to create mutually beneficial arrangements," says Jennifer Gwynn, the public relations manager for the site, which has been up and running since 2006 and boasts 2 million members. "Usually there is a financial allowance attached to [the pairings], around $3,000 a month," she says....
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Craigslist got rid of hooker and happy ending ads several years ago. Backpage picked up the slack.
"Backpage", huh? Interesting. Thanks for the tip.
I don’t really get this. Is our federal gov’t really supporting millions of young gals who suddenly (in one week!) need “sugar daddies”? This is like something out of the Onion.
In what was formerly referred to as “Seizure World” (Leisure World), a Retirement Community in South Orange County, CA, they say the old guys are all looking for a “Nurse with a Purse”.
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