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" After Isabel, a 20-year-old Guatemalan-American student from Los Angeles, found out her boyfriend had been cheating on her, she decided to try a new dating strategy. &amp;quot;I figured if I was going to get screwed in the dating game, I might as well get paid for it,&amp;quot; she said. So she joined a site for &amp;quot;wealthy, generous&amp;quot; men looking for &amp;quot;attractive, intelligent&amp;quot; women. She soon met Jacob, a married banker in his late 40s. In exchange for sleepovers in luxury penthouses and $500 dinners, he agreed to cover her rent and tuition bills. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m not in love, but he&amp;#039;s kind and mature. Best of all, he&amp;#039;s paying for my school.&amp;quot; Isabel&amp;#039;s not the only one trading companionship for financial gain. Latina membership in SeekingArrangement.com, a popular sugar baby site, grew 378 percent from 2009 to 2013. Tempted? Girls living the life share their stories. &amp;quot;I wanted to focus on school.&amp;quot; Rosa, 27, student/help-desk tech. Spanish-Puerto Rican. Jersey City, N.J. I was working two jobs and still couldn&amp;#039;t pay for college. I knew that some girls at school had sugar daddies and was curious about it. I signed up at SugarDaddie.com and started getting about 20 e-mails a day. In the two years since, I&amp;#039;ve had two relationships. The guys mostly want the company of a younger woman \u2014 but I did receive a cash allowance on each date with one of those guys. I recently ended it with my last sugar daddy because I found out he was still e-mailing other women. There are too many diseases out there. I wasn&amp;#039;t attracted to him anyway \u2014 he said he was 48 years old, but he looked older. I do need the money, but you have to sort through many weirdos. Plus my parents would be extremely disappointed. I&amp;#039;m not sure if it&amp;#039;s worth it. &amp;quot;I was getting divorced.&amp;quot; Carla, 35, administrative assistant. Mexican. Phoenix, Ariz. I was going through a divorce and I needed money. I heard about these sites and thought, &amp;quot;Why not?&amp;quot; I met with about 40 potential sugar daddies before starting a relationship. With the first guy, we would just cuddle and watch movies. He paid for my divorce and the down payment on a new car. We dated for a year long-distance, but after I found out he was married, I ended it. I&amp;#039;m currently looking for a new sugar daddy. I do have guilt when I see people who work 12 hours a day and here I am living an okay lifestyle without doing much. I want to fall in love and have the fairy tale, just not right now. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m a lesbian, but I enjoy the power.&amp;quot; Janet, 36, professional sugar baby. Peruvian. Hackensack, N.J. Being a sugar baby is an amazing ego boost. I have paid relationships with men who cover my rent, clothes, shoes, and trips. They entail the same thing marriages are supposed to: sex, intimacy, and companionship. All my sugar daddies know I am a lesbian and won&amp;#039;t settle down. I make it clear from the start that in exchange for whatever help I get, I will show my gratitude in physical ways. This is my only means of income. I have three relationships right now. My longest has been 13 years and is still ongoing. I enjoy their company, but I don&amp;#039;t enjoy the sex. I date on the side but not actively. It has been more than 10 years since I have been in a loving relationship. I attribute that to the choices I&amp;#039;ve made. *Names have been changed.  Related: 10 Signs You&amp;#039;re Dating a Machista 10 Things Latinas Don&amp;#039;t Want to Hear in Bed Photo Credit: Getty "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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