QQ MAGAZINE - Mar 2 - SeekingArrangement.com is a dating site set up by 41-year-old MIT graduate Brandon Wade in 2006 that acts as a "fixer" for "modern sugar daddies" and "goal-seeking sugar babies". The site has now ~ 600K paying members. Many claiming these "arrangements" amount to little more than solicitation and prostitution. "The site started because of my own personal frustrations with meeting women online," Brandon explains. "I wanted to create a site where I could meet beautiful, open-minded women - simple as that. The stereotypical notions of gold-digging women and lecherous old men just don't apply any more." Over 80% of female members online have a college degree - these women aren't dumb. They all have goals. "Gentlemen are a dying breed, especially in America. There's this feeling that women have gone through a lot to fight for feminist rights, and now they are, indeed, equals. But they've lost something along the way. In becoming equals, so the etiquette of being a traditional gentleman - standing up when they enter, opening doors, paying for dinner on the first date - has been lost. This is what draws a lot of women to the site, and I think being taken care of by a stronger man is - deep down - what a lot of women really long for."
by Jonathan Heaf
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I met Brandon at Online Dating Summit last week - charming chap, he kindly chaired the main panel discussion. They'll be very successful no doubt.
Posted by: Ross Williams | Mar 06, 2012 at 02:57 AM
Wow, I think they will make it, I believe this site will be of help to many people out there.
Posted by: BSB | Mar 06, 2012 at 02:32 PM