That doesn’t bother 28-year-old Malaysian, Jenni (not her real name), who has been active in the sugar dating scene for more than 2 years in Singapore in Millionbb.

As a graduate student, Kate receives funding from the University as her primary source of income. For Kate*, sugar babying(link is external)—engaging in a kind of dating where one partner financially supports the other—started as a way of earning some additional income.

She has been in the sugar dating scene for over two years now. Sugar Besides pay-per-meet sessions – one-off meets where she charges up to SGD500 per date – she has long-term arrangements with three different men in Singapore who give her material benefits in exchange for companionship.

I’m glad I opened myself up to this, said Durani. “And even if it doesn’t last, my sugar daddy saved me from a very bad time in my life.” Many young Asians—especially those who have freshly graduated into a weird world being battered by a global recession and a virus—are facing the heat of business closures, downsizing and education loans. But while the pandemic may have fuelled careers of home chefs and cam girls, its side-effects have also pushed young people to turn to a different kind of dating. Tech