Sugar babies get cash and gifts to go on dates with their sugar daddies.

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A 21-year-old architecture student works as a sugar baby on the side. She said she had three sugar daddies and made about 80,000 euros last year. She told Insider what it's like — from the dates and the money to the intimacy.

This as-told-to essay is an edited, translated version of an article that originally appeared on December 12, 2022, and is based on a conversation with a 21-year-old architecture...

Continue Reading I make $80,000 a year as a 21-year-old 'sugar baby.' My clients take me to castles and gift me underwear and clothes — but it's clear to me that this is sex work.