But who knew metro Atlanta is also known for having an abundant number of, ahem, sugar daddies β older men seeking the companionship of college-age women? According to SeekingArrangement. Over the past few years, the website has touted its growing numbers to news publications around the country. In Georgia, according to folks at the website, the vast majority of these young women providing companionship to older men attend big state colleges such as Georgia State, the University of Georgia and Georgia Southern in that precise order , with a few at Spelman College and elsewhere.
Today more than 2 million students across the country β 3 million worldwide β have signed up to find wealthy benefactors who can help offset college costs, said Wade. Each year, almost 44 million Americans rack up student loan debt or they graduate with no full-time jobs in their chosen careers. Among them are Jessica and Stephanie, local college students introduced to me through an email exchange arranged by SeekingArrangement.
Both agreed to talk about their experience, but neither wanted to use her last name because their parents are not aware of the arrangement. I met Jessica in person. Stephanie and I spoke by phone. I found them both to be articulate, ambitious young women. Neither saw their arrangement as anything out of the ordinary β just an agreement between two consenting adults. There was a line, however, that both said they were unwilling to cross: marital infidelity. Stephanie, 21, was working at a popular sports bar when a colleague told her about Seeking Arrangement, and they posted their profiles to the site.
She eventually matched with a year-old cybersecurity expert, who takes her on vacation trips and shopping sprees and makes weekly deposits to her bank account. We communicate every single day. I care about him. He takes care of me like men are supposed to. In the scheme of things, that hardly matters. Language and naming have power and are symbolic. She says they dated six months before they ever touched.
One of those dates was to get the results of an HIV test before beginning a sexual relationship. On average, Jessica sees her benefactor three times a week, mostly on weekends. Find Gracie on Facebook www. The Trump administration announced major cuts to federal biomedical research funding beginning Monday that will hit Georgia institutions hard, experts say. About the Author.
