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rossing my ankles
elegantly, I look
approvingly around
the cocktail bar. ‘I’ll have
a glass of Champagne,’
I tell the bartender, without
even looking at the drinks
menu. He nods discreetly
and hurries off to uncork
a new bottle.
To be honest, this bar,
tucked away in London’s
exclusive Mayfair district,
isn’t the sort of place I could
afford to come to myself –
but I already know I won’t
be picking up the bill, so I’ll
happily order what I want.
Because, you see, I’m
a sugar lady – a grown-up
version of a sugar baby, who
enters into ‘arrangements’
with wealthy men. In
exchange for company and
attention, these men will
happily treat their sugar lady
to new outfits, meals out,
holidays, even money.
I don’t have to have sex
with them... but, if I like them
and they want to, they pay
me to spend intimate time
with them. It’s an agreementI’m a Suga
When Samantha
White couldn’t
find a conventional
relationship, she
decided to go for
more of a financial
arrangement
with the men
she dated...
Samantha didn’t
enjoy looking for a
soulmate online...I’d never heard of, let alone
considered, until a few years
ago – but one I’m more than
happy with now.
Five years ago, I found
myself single. I’d been in a
relationship since I was 20
and had two grown-up sons.
Finding myself suddenly
alone was a huge shock
to my system.
Yet, once my heart began to
heal, I realised I was only 40.
I still had time to move on and
find someone else to love. Butthe world had changed in
the two decades since I was
last looking for romance.
Back then, you met
someone in a pub or club,
or got introduced through
friends. Now, in the digital
age, everyone had taken their
search for a soulmate online.
So, I gritted my teeth and
signed myself up to various
different dating sites. Yet,
despite the supposed success
stories I heard about, I didn’t
have any luck. Most of themen seemed only interested
in one-night stands and, even
when I did go on dates, they
didn’t want to have proper
conversations about my job
as a Pilates teacher or my
love of books.
‘I just can’t see myself
meeting someone like this,’
I sighed to a friend after
three years.
‘Have you thought about
looking for a man to take
care of you?’ she asked. I was
puzzled, but she explained