Marisa Lopez , Contributing Writer February 19, NYU students know it all too well: the almost laughable cost of attending this college. The painful price of living in New York. In fact, some NYU students have turned to an unconventional source of income to foot these bills: sugar daddies. NYU placed third on the list of the fastest growing sugar baby schools of SeekingArrangement advertises the arrangement as being one that is mutually beneficial, where both parties get exactly what they expect.
The lavish lifestyle comes at a price. Oftentimes, the arrangement ceases to be mutually beneficial, leaving the sugar baby uncomfortable or unsatisfied. The most uncomfortable situation occurred when an older man told her she looked younger than 18 and that he liked it.
There are certainly a great deal of reasons why one might enter a sugar daddy and sugar baby relationship, but financial motivations seem to be top of the list for NYU students. She was arm candy that her sugar daddy could take around to events to impress other people.
A Stern junior, who also requested anonymity, is currently in the process of locking down her sugar daddy. The motivation behind joining SeekingArrangement?
The student is currently paying for all of their living expenses and wants to begin paying off loans. One prominent argument against the sugar baby lifestyle is that some claim a moral problem with sex work. An anonymous Tisch freshman, who almost committed to a sugar daddy but decided not to because of the time commitment, commented on the these criticisms of the practice. Maybe you can look past the faults a relationship from SeekingArrangement may come with, as many NYU students have.
