"They don't think they're paying for sex"

“I don’t think that they think they are paying for sex,” Rose says. “A lot of these guys have a whole lot of money, and not a whole lot of time and even less in the way of social skills. They have spent most of their formative years building a business and becoming obscenely wealthy. I think that they think that through their money they are building connections and having genuine relationships.” “They are paying me because they like me and that is the only way they can show it,” Luna says. “Money is the way they know how to extend affection to me.” Simply put, money is what these men are bringing to the table. Sugaring is also a complicated dynamic because while sex is part of the equation, it isn’t a one-to-one transaction. Luna describes the nature of her arrangements, “You may do something with this man several times a month, but you only fuck him twice. If he is just paying for the sex, you don’t have to be there to boost his ego.”