Some Canadians may be shocked to learn that there are university and college students who going on dates with strangers in order to finance their education.
Seeking Arrangement calls itself “Canada’s No. 1 sugar daddy dating website” and claims to have 130,000 Canadian members who declare themselves as students or graduates trying to pay off their post-secondary debts.
While elementary and high school education is paid for by governments in Canada, most college and university programs charge tuition fees that vary across the country. Students may get help from their parents, scholarships or bursaries, but others work or take out loans that may take years to repay.
Some dates “private”
Some students choose instead to register with Seeking Arrangement and then be matched with “sugar daddies” or “sugar mommies” who agree to help pay their bills and loans in exchange for going on dates.
A 23-year-old college student in the western city of Winnipeg says the site linked her with a married man in his 40s who gives her $300 every time they go on a date.
They meet once a week or once every two weeks, she said, adding that some of their dates have been private but many are in public.
“There’s places we can go that, like, a 24-year-old guy can’t afford,” she said in an interview.
“It’s just nice to be treated to something different and to feel like you’re a princess.”
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