How do you stay safe while being a sugar baby. That is my biggest concern.
Normally Iâd just send you a link to A-Pinch-Of-Sugar-Pleaseâs blog, buuut since sheâs a psychotic bitch, Iâd be happy to help you out.
Invent fake facts about yourself. Create an email address specifically for sugaring and only email them there. Get the Google Voice App and create a phone number to text/call men from distinct from your own. Use a fake name for the first few dates. List the next town over as your location on your profile and never tell them the actual college that you go to â especially if itâs small! If they ask what your parents do for a living, make it up or be vague. Once youâre super comfortable with them, you can tell them âOh my nameâs actually Katherine, not Katelynnâ or even give them your real phone number if you want to as I often snapchat with NASA. But heâs the only one of my SDs who knows it as Google Voice works flawlessly and the others donât really need it.Â
On an opposite note, get as many details as possible about him from him or through background searching. If he tells you heâs the CEO of Apple, go to Appleâs website and confirm that. Also, invest in a Spokeo Account. Donât be that annoying SB who begs girls to look men up for her. A lot of girls only buy the monthly plan which has a search quota so if these girls are kindly looking men up for you, thatâs less POTs they can search for themselves. I think itâs like $49.95 per year and itâs well worth the money for the amount of information it gives you. You can reverse search his phone number, email, name, etc. to find out his address, income, family members â anything! I love to find their childrenâs names then look them up on Facebook to see how they live. Riding horses on vacation in Santorini as your cover photo? Okay, Iâll break bread with your dad tomorrow. Little Ashleyâs making duck faces and wearing Abercrombie? Sorry, John, Iâm actually no longer searching for an SD â best of luck!
Get as many photos as possible (5+) from a man youâre talking to so that you can reverse search them and find out company info, criminal history, or if heâs on any other sites to cross-check age, location, and other facts on the profile you first saw him on.
Before a first meet, Skype with him (for 5 to 30 minutes) to again make sure the photos he sent are of him and not some handsome model on JCrewâs website (guys on SD4M do this all the time â youâre not slick)! While you donât want the skype date to replace the first date, it is a good way to keep and/or build up his interest and by revealing yourself in 3D and decreasing his chances of cancelling/flaking on you. New SDs in particular often get nervous by the whole process, especially if theyâre married, so if he sees âWow! Sheâs gorgeous/real/funny/witty/ and excited to see me Thursday!â heâll be more at ease not only to go through with the meet, but to spend more chedda. Moreover, a Skype date can show you âWow! Heâs an asshole and begging me to slide the camera down to my boobs.â So you can know way before you spend hours on hair and make-up that the date will be a waste.
Need for discretion. If a man doesnât tell you much about himself, his job, or his life, is using a GV number or a fake email, is going by a fake name, it does not matter at all. 9 times out of 10 I show up to POT dates knowing the results of their latest colonoscopy while they think I donât even know their name. Focus on the steps above and let them think theyâre slicker than you. Nigerian Prince never told me his real name. I knew it from 5 seconds after he emailed me, but I played along and feigned ignorance because I knew he was safe and rich and whatever other secrets he kept from me were irrelevant. After our first date, he revealed his real career, location, (still not his real name) etc. and Iâd already known it all, but, like us, he was simply wary of giving too much info to the wrong person. My favorite is when a guy emails you from his real email using a fake name. âInbox: New Email from Steve Jobsâ âHey itâs Mike!â lmfao Hey Mike! Whatever makes you comfortable enough to meet me for dinner and pay me. All this being said, sometimes a manâs âneed for discretionâ makes it fucking impossible to find out anything from him. In that case, I say âWhile I respect your need for discretion, it does not trump my need for safety and I would not feel comfortable meeting you for dinner withoutâŚ(at least a skype date)(as many photos as Iâve sent you)(information about XYZ)(etc.).â If he refuses to accommodate, heâs blatantly disrespectful of your safety concerns and heâs not worth your time.
Asks for sexy photos. You really need to make sure your profile photos are serve their purpose and depict what you look like from head to toe. If you only include iPhoto face shots, thatâs dandy but you need a full body shot of you in a cute outfit and I also always include a bikini shot. Nothing raunchy, just a fun day at the beach. If theyâre asking for sexy photos and you already have full body shots on your profile, then kindly end it because theyâre 12 year old horn dogs stuck in 45 year old bodies. But if your photos suck and they just want to confirm that youâre not Shrek, then you need to amp up your profile and oblige.
Asks your favorite position, kinkiest moment, sex history, what youâre into etc. Thereâs no space for immature, tacky, desperate rapid fire sex questions in the sugar bowl. At its core, sugaring is about companionship, chemistry, and fun times. If he needs a rap sheet of what you will and will not do in the bed room, then he should call up a pimp and ask for a very specific hooker. Even if you tell him this and he apologizes and stops, you still know that thatâs his main incentive for joining this site so heâs probably looking for pay for play but has too much pride to admit to wanting a prostitute. If youâre fine with 4 hours a month with this man for however much you agree on, then boom! You just landed on easy money. But if youâre looking strictly for a sugar arrangement with outings, dinners, etc. then you need to move on. But be mindful that a lot of these men might be into BDSM, so if they ask specifically if you have interest in that then thatâs not necessarily a red flag so much as them not wanting to waste either of your time. If you do say yes, however, and he presses you with sex questions, heâs equally guilty of the above offense.
Sleezy username/bad grammar. If âHotsex69â messages you, you already know what heâs there for. Heâs not a sugar daddy. Heâs blatantly looking for pay for play.
Takes offense to your precautions. A lot of men will quickly realize that you both have iPhones and that your messages arenât coming up blue. If he questions it, let him know straight up, âIâm using an app called Google Voice so that I donât have to share my real phone number with strangers. Once Iâm comfortable enough with you, I will give you my real number and you can reach me there.â 99% of guys completely get it and think âDamn, I wish Iâd thought of that. Sheâs smart and safe and not full of shit! I can tell a lot of guys have wasted her time and I donât want to be one, so I better step it up if I ever want the honor of using iMessage with this hottie!â The other 1% will cry like little bitches and be like âWeâve hit it off thus far! Donât you trust me?!?â If he honestly thinks trust can be fostered after a few email messages, heâll be equally pissy when you donât have sex on the first date or when you reject his marriage proposal on the second date.
Insists on meeting for just drinks. 10:00pm drinks at the hotel bar so you can get drunk and then go upstairs? Um no. In a fun way, tell him youâd rather meet for dinner at this great restaurant youâre dying to try yada yada. I had this one guy come back at me with âHow about we start with drinks and if we hit it off, then we can get dinner?â Lmfao why?! I literally see no incentive to that besides wanting to roofie me. If youâre that awkward and canât be around a younger, more attractive woman without drinking then letâs drink at dinner. Have 10 glasses of wine with your food. I donât care. But if Iâm getting dolled up, Iâm eating food. You are not skimping out on buying me dinner and you are not roofie-ing me and you are not getting me drunk so you can drag me back to your lair. I do too much damn cardio to drink my calories. Buy me dinner, you fuck.
Meet in a public place and STAY in a public place. Stroll in Central Park? Awesome! He wants to wander past the âDO NOT ENTERâ sign and show you this âamazing view of the riverâ? Nope. Restaurants, coffee, theater â doesnât matter as long as youâre surrounded by witnesses.
Have your own transportation to AND from a first meet. And from. And. From. AND FROM!!! Not âOh I took a taxi here, but let me save $10 and go home with him â he was so funny and obviously legitimate!â Even if thatâs true and heâs a sweetie and who he says he is, these men never need to know where you live. (Notice I did not say never should know. Doctor knows where I live and thatâs fine. But he doesnât need to.) If you ultimately decide youâre comfortable with having an SD over at your apartment, then that will come after several dates, not the first. Plus, the chase is half the fun for him. Donât reveal all of yourself too quickly. For this same reason, never get into his car on the first date. Besides just safety reasons, you donât want him to feel like (physically and mentally) that he has you 100%. Leave something to be desired.
Tell someone where you are and who youâre going with. If youâre close with a friend or relative who is non-judgmental, make sure they know where your date is and when youâll be back. Otherwise, find a resource on here (Iâll gladly help you out)and text them (from your GV number) where you are going, when you get there, when you leave, and when you are home. Whenever I get in an SDs car for the first time, I always text my sugar friends his license number.
Some SBs insist on staying sober. I like to drink and I can handle it, so I do. But definitely donât get drunk. Itâs sloppy and unattractive but will also distract you from your goal of setting an allowance/arrangement in place and getting to know this man better. Plus, it will impair your judgment and prevent you from remembering the rest of these safety tips.
Doesnât bring a gift or cash to the first date. Stop being so entitled. At this point, he owes you just as much as you owe him â nothing.
The car he drives. The $3000 allowance of a man who drives an Aston Martin is just as green as that of the man who drives a Jeep Grand Cherokee.
Offers you a ride there or back. He might genuinely want to save you the hassle of travelling. Most of these men are fathers and have that protective instinct. Itâs 9pm, dark out, sheâs waiting for a cab, this is nonsense, Iâll drive her. Itâs not a redflag that heâs trying to be a gentleman, but either way, maintain your stance and politely decline.
Awkward behavior. Steve Jobs gave brilliant speeches, but outside of that, the dude was awkward as fuck. Nonetheless, he was richer than God. If a guy reaches to hold your hand on the first date and you donât want him to, just say, âJohn, Iâm having an absolute blast but Iâm just not comfortable with that yet.â Thereâs no need to flip out and write a post saying OMG THIS GUY WAS SO CREEPY HE LIKE TRIED TO RAPE ME BLACKLIST!!!!! Doctor is the most awkward guy Iâve ever met in my entire life. Like him, many of these POTs were valedictorians of Harvard who went on to spend the next 8-12 years of their lives accumulating degrees in the dungeons of the Ivy Leagues. They lack sunlight and social skills. Itâs okay. That doesnât mean be wishy-washy when he tries to cop a feel. No. Be firm and put him in his place. If he makes you excessively uncomfortable, end the date and donât pursue another. But if he stutters or canât maintain eye contact or holds eye contact for too long or snorts or recites how beautiful you are or has a creepy smile, that doesnât necessarily make him a potential serial killer.
Talks about hotel time, private time, intimate time, âgetting awayâ. There will be no sex on the first date. There will be no sex on the first date. There will be NO SEX on the first date. If he thinks dinner and a few hundred dollars gets you two âalone timeâ at the Ritz Carlton, then send him packing. Be blunt and embarrass that loser. Literally say, âJohn, Iâve had a blast getting to know you thus far but I have zero interest in trading sex for lobster and a gas money. Iâm a lady who is looking for a gentleman with the means to provide for her and support her. If youâre only interested in sex in exchange for money, then youâre looking for an escort, not a sugar baby, and a second date would be a waste of both of our time.â Scare the shit out of him and make him realize just how crass and pathetic heâs being. You wear the pants. Heâll straighten up very quickly, or realize that youâre right and head down to the corner of main street instead.
Cringes at the bill or what youâre ordering. If he canât afford lobster, desert, or how many drinks youâre getting, he canât afford you. This is an absolute no brainer. Even if he says he can afford your $3000 monthly allowance, if it means heâs going without food, laundry, or anything else just to afford it for you now, there WILL come a later when he leaves you hanging. A real SD loves to treat you and doesnât care if you buy the bar!
Switches stories. Itâs one thing from initially stating heâs in finance to getting more specific about which sector or region he works in, but if yesterday he was CEO of Apple and today heâs a professor, heâs probably full of shit. Donât be afraid to call him out on it. âI thought you said â-?â Learn the dynamics of body language and be able to discern when someone is lying or hiding key information from you. He could very well be the manager of the local K-Mart hoping to spend as many free dates with you as possible before you catch him in his lie.
Insists on anything. If heâs choosing your meal for you, forcing you to ride home with him, or backing you into a corner in any way, ditch him. If heâs that pushy on the first date, heâll be even more pushy on the second or on the third because you let him win this time.
If you donât use a condom, get tested regularly together and show each other the results.
Doesnât meet allowance. If he owes you $500 per meet and misses a meet, he needs to bring it to the next meet, or else heâs breaking the terms of the arrangement. If itâs the end of the month and he shows up without allowance, he needs to send it to you/bring it to the next meet, or else heâs breaking the terms of the arrangement. Do not let him get comfortable and think of you as a friend or girlfriend. This is a SUGAR ARRANGEMENT. Do not let him treat you like something that youâre not and get sloppy with the reason why weâre here.
Wants to meet your family. Doctor still insists on introducing me to his sisters. Eck. Whatever. But heâs never meeting any of my family. I am not your girlfriend. This is not a relationship. We have no real future together. Read this haiku. It is the anthem of the bowl.
Insists on not using a condom, trying XYZ in bed that makes you uncomfortable. As always, donât do anything youâre uncomfortable with and let them know. A real SD will put his desires aside for your safety and comcort. If heâs being pushy in bed or otherwise, heâs not there for your best interest.
Asks about your personal life. Itâs not weird for a man to want to know what classes youâre taking or whatâs new in your world. Heâs not being creepy or nosy, heâs just curious about what makes you tick. He shouldnât be prying into if you have a boyfriend or anything super specific, but donât get weirded out if he asks a lot of things about you.
Asks for sexy pics or texts suggestively. After youâre intimate together, this really is fair game to ask. As always, you need not oblige, and if you do, play it safe and donât include your face or use SnapChat. But just because heâs thinking of sex more doesnât mean heâs still not invested in being a sugar daddy. If it makes you uncomfortable, say so. If heâs a true SD, heâll respect your boundaries and get over it.
Is affectionate in public. Just because he likes to hold your hand and kiss you, doesnât mean heâs thinking of you as a girlfriend and less of an SD and forgetting your arrangement. If PDA makes you uncomfortable and you need a bit more discretion, let him know. But just because he likes your soft skin doesnât mean heâs going to propose and leave your arrangement in the dust. He might just like your soft skin.
Hates shopping. Not surprisingly, a lot of men hate shopping, especially for women or with women or in womenâs stores. So just because heâs not buying you louboutins doesnât mean he wonât give you the money to buy them yourself.Â
IF YOU REMEMBER NOTHING ELSE, REMEMBER THIS:
Your token line is: âIâm not comfortable with that (yet).â Donât be wishy-washy! If he wants to have sex and you lie and say âOh uh Iâm on my periodâ heâll just ask again the next time. Instead, be honest and be firm saying youâre not comfortable with sex, riding in his car, his hand on your leg, meeting his mom, etc. etc. etc. Drop this line WHENEVER you need to say no. It sets the tone that you are the one who sets the boundaries of the relationship and that those boundaries will not be crossed. If a man ever persists against something youâve blatantly stated makes you uncomfortable, then you know itâs time to end things.
Never let the prospect of money trump the prospect of danger.