One of many contributors sharing their stories under the cloak of anonymity. Stuck in a jobless and relationship-less rut during the pandemic, a fresh graduate from Singapore was interested in finding alternative ways to make some money. But I had recently graduated from university and the COVID pandemic made it impossible for me to get a job anywhere.
Exasperated and desperate to find a way to make some money, what started off as a joke got me thinking about giving Seeking Arrangement SA , a sugar dating site, a try. Furthermore, I was fresh off a breakup with my boyfriend of four years and the idea of getting paid to go on dates sounded pretty appealing.
When I first got on the site, I was prompted to sign up with an education email address. I uploaded a single picture of myself at the beach. I chose a silhouette photo to remain anonymous at that point. Once my profile was ready, approximately five to six sugar daddies reached out to me within minutes. Around 30 sugar daddies reached out to me by the end of the day.
The amount of attention I received on Seeking Arrangement was a little startling because on other online dating sites, such as Coffee Meets Bagel or Tinder , it would take more than a day to match with 30 different people, much less start a conversation. Just like Tinder , the messages I had received ranged from polite to lewd. Some men straight-up offered to bucks for a one-time sexual encounter.
Others introduced themselves and tried to strike up a conversation without bringing up the transactional nature of the dating site. One man offered me SGD 4, per month to go on dates and have sexual relations with him. I would only have to meet him once a week and he promised to pamper me with lavish date nights and gifts, on top of the monthly allowance. Another offered me SGD to act as his girlfriend and go out with him two Friday nights a month, without any sexual relations.
