A 20-year-old university student in California, Emily Bulea, has spoken about her decision to become a sugar baby to help pay her college fees. Despite having a boyfriend, Bulea uses the website seekingarrangement.com to meet sugar daddies who provide her with financial support.
Bulea claims that being a sugar baby has given her a glamorous lifestyle, including backstage passes and VIP entry to exclusive clubs. She notes that the financial stability provided by her sugar daddies allows her to focus on her studies without worrying about money.
"The sugar daddies help you out financially so it means being able to go to school and not worry about when I want to eat, where I want to shop. If I want to go on a vacation, I can do whatever I want because that financial stability helps me."
Bulea emphasizes that she only meets her sugar daddies in public places and does not engage in any physical intimacy with them. However, she admits that some sugar daddies have tried to coerce her into meeting them at their homes or have made unwanted advances.
"Guys have tried to coerce me to their homes or they’ve grabbed my or something, and those guys I don’t ever talk to again."
Bulea has faced criticism and judgment from her peers, with some calling her a prostitute. However, she believes that there is a significant difference between being a sugar baby and being an escort.
"People speculate when they see how much help you get from these older men. They will often assume you are a prostitute or they’ll just ridicule you because they don’t understand or they don’t respect it." "An escort is paid to do ual favours. A sugar baby or a sugar companion can be a wide variety of things: like satisfying emotional needs."
When asked about her occupation, Bulea tells people that she works as a waitress, rather than revealing her true situation.
