trouble in sugarville

"Desperately Seeking Sugar Daddies
Looking to give up her day job but maintain a steady income, the author joined a Web site where rich older men shop for girlfriends. Is that so wrong?"

From Vanity Fair

"For a first date, things were going fairly well. We were at Megu, a pricey Japanese restaurant in Midtown Manhattan, eating perfectly cooked Kobe beef. My companion, a wealthy finance type, was telling me all about himself and posing questions that suggested he was interested in me. Then, matter-of-factly, he said, “Whether I met you on the site or at the Standard, you’d cost me at least 10 grand a month.”"