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Lots Of NYU Students Are "Sugar Babies," Or Something
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Christopher Robbins
Published Jan 15, 2013
Modified Jan 15, 2013
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Despite how easy it is to make $450 a day online at home in your pajamas, NYU students are signing up with "sugar daddy" dating website SeekingArrangement.com at a rapid clip. According to a highly scientific study conducted by the site, NYU had a 154% increase in new accounts in 2012, making it the second-highest growing "sugar daddy" school behind Georgia State. The site claims "sugar babies" make an average of $3,000 a month for the "mutually beneficial relationships," most of which goes to tuition and food, per a user survey. It's unclear how many NYU students have changed their majors to Listening To 38-Year-Olds Complain About How Thin Their Hair Is While Using Cocaine At A Ski Lodge In Whistler.
SeekingArrangement is not to be confused with SugarSugar, the website that splurged on stock images, or Sugardaddie.com, the website for aging Benson & Hedges models who just want to feel close to someone again, if only for six hours in a Howard Johnson next to the Racino and money? Child, there's no money, just please don't call the police.
Most of the schools in the top 20 "fastest growing sugar baby schools" are in the South, a fact that SeekingArrangement's founder and CEO, Brandon Wade muses on in their press release.
“It’s tough. The South went from being the epitome of success and money to faring the worst in terms of well-being. Even if NYU is still our biggest Sugar Baby university, the growth of southern female coeds seeking the Sugar Lifestyle is a move in the right direction to bring back Southern charm.”
It sounds like a Sugar Baby taking HIST-UA 10 US Since 1865 should inform Wade about—actually, sure, Gone With The Wind was about sugar babies. Would you like another shoulder rub?
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Christopher Robbins
Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
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