Students seeking sugar daddies and mummies

St Andrews students are flocking to ‘sugar daddy’ dating websites in order to meet older, successful partners for ‘mutually beneficial relationships’.

Websites such as seekingarrangement.com bring together a ‘sugar daddy’ or ‘sugar mummy’ (a “successful and generous man/woman who is willing to pamper and offer financial help or gifts to a young person in return for friendship and companionship”) with a ‘sugar baby’ (“an attractive, ambitious and goal oriented individual who has a lot to offer. He or she is generally younger and is looking to meet wealthy, successful and generous people”).

Figures released today by seekingarrangement.com show that, as of yesterday, 36 students from the University of St Andrews have joined the site. This puts us as the 7th highest university in the UK, just below Cambridge, (46), LSE (51) and cheeky Nottingham (61).

4th year Anna told The Stand, “I think it’s kind of creepy, but more power to them if they think it has the potential to bring people together.” Another 4th year, Jules Findlay commented, “A very worthwhile achievement for our 600th anniversary. Are they literally coated in sugar?”

The Stand has been musing over the reasons behind these figures. Is it all to do with our wobbly bank balances as we near the end of term or, perhaps, we’ve got so dispirited with the St Andrew gene pool that we’re having to look for our prince/princess elsewhere?

If you’re one of these students, or about to sign up, we’d love for you to get in touch!

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