What Is a Sugar Baby? Beginner’s Guide to Sugar Dating
You’ve heard the term in shows and songs, but what does being a sugar baby mean? Can anyone become a sugar baby? How much can you make? In this post, we’ll cover the basics and answer all your questions. We’ll share everything you need to know before joining the sugar bowl.
What Is a Sugar Baby?
A sugar baby is a term for young women (and men) in compensated relationships. Sugar babies offer their time, companionship, and intimacy in return for financial support from sugar daddies or sugar mommas.
A sugar baby is NOT a sex worker.
What Does It Mean to Be a Sugar Baby?
Being a sugar baby means working hard to find sugar daddies (or mommies) and keep them interested enough to part with their money. In most cases, sugar babies give up on traditional relationships and have to make themselves available to their benefactors at the drop of a hat. In return, they gain financial security, connections, and experience they could not afford otherwise.
Another overlooked implication of being a sugar baby is the social stigma related to compensated relationships. Most SBs have to hide their arrangements from friends and family for fear of being misunderstood or ridiculed. Moreover, sugar dating involves a significant power imbalance, which may cause psychological issues for SBs. Learning about these and other potential pros and cons of sugar arrangements is critical to avoid disappointment.
What Does a Sugar Baby Do?
A sugar baby does anything she and her sugar daddy agree to under the conditions of their arrangement. For instance, an SB can:
- Go out on dates and spend the nights with sugar daddies
- Become arm candy for business events and casual outings
- Accompany a sugar daddy on his business trips or vacations
- Be an attentive listener and a fun conversation partner
Most importantly, a sugar baby must not become a girlfriend with all the relationship drama, expectations, and responsibilities that come with the status.
How Much Does a Sugar Baby Make?
No one can tell you how much a sugar baby can make because the income varies depending on:
- Relationship type. IRL sugar dating is more lucrative than cyber affairs, and sexual arrangements earn SBs more money than platonic relationships. For instance, successful sugar babies can charge over $1,000 per night of sexual delights, but a platonic date, in most cases, won’t earn more than $200.
- Location. Big cities with thousands of sugar daddies are more profitable than small rural towns. For example, a sugar baby in New York can make over $5,000 monthly, while in a smaller town, a monthly income won’t exceed $2,000.
- Financial arrangements. Pay-per-meet relationships usually come with a higher cost per date, ranging from $200 to $1,000+, depending on relationship type and location. Monthly allowances are usually higher, but the cost per date is lower. For example, sugar babies can get $2,000 to $5,000 monthly if they agree to one or two dates per week.
Newbie sugar babies should keep their financial expectations realistic and avoid demanding money the instant they meet sugar daddies. Sugar dating can be the primary source of income, but only with careful planning and patience.
What Makes You a Good Sugar Baby?
For every sugar daddy, a perfect sugar baby is something different. Still, there are a few things most SDs like to see in sugar babies, such as:
- Unique benefits. It can be your encyclopedic Star Wars knowledge or your magic fingers, but you need something special to stand out among other SBs to get sugar daddies to return for more.
- Genuine emotions. SDs recognize fake interest and care and don’t pay for either. You need to dial your empathy to eleven and tune into SD’s emotional state to show you understand him.
- Drama-free dates. Genuine fun and excitement are great, but jealousy, temper tantrums, and angry rants are not. If an SD had wanted that, he’d be looking for traditional dates, not SBs.
These will help but don’t assume every SD will want the same thing. Learning sugar daddy’s unique preferences and adjusting looks and behavior will make you a great sugar baby.
What Is a Sugar Baby Looking for?
Millions of sugar babies across the world aren’t looking for the same thing. But in most cases, they seek out sugar daddies for:
- Financial support. Many SBs need help paying tuition and other bills until they get their careers going. These babies will expect a monthly allowance of pay-per-meet payments to add to their income.
- Luxury lifestyle. Young girls can rarely afford designer clothes and Michelin restaurants. They become sugar babies to experience better things in life without spending their hard-earned money.
- Mentorship. Some SBs seek relationships with mature and successful men to score experience points. They enjoy networking opportunities, a chance to explore their sexuality and mature relationships with older men.
A few SBs join the sugar bowl on a dare or as an experiment, but they usually go back to traditional dating pretty fast.
Is Being a Sugar Baby Illegal?
Being a sugar baby is legal.
Unlike illegal sex work, sugar relationships involve more than an exchange of money for sexual favors. For example, platonic and online-only sugar arrangements may not have a sexual component at all.
Still, if your sugar relationship is intimate, it’s legal. As long as it extends beyond the bedroom (or any other place you choose for your intimate activities), you won’t get in trouble with the law. If you’re still worried about persecution, consider switching to experience sugar arrangements. Instead of exchanging cash, sugar babies can receive gifts or enjoy luxurious experiences, travel, etc.
Final Thoughts
Being a sugar baby isn’t all money and luxury vacations. It’s even more work than traditional relationships, but you will reap the rewards of your efforts. As long as you remember basic safety rules and keep your expectations realistic, you can have fun and money exploring the sugar bowl.
