Interview · moment 6 of 22
Seeking Arrangements: Fake Profiles, Vetting Guys, and the Concubine Life
from Seeking Arrangements (with Wendi Starling) · #47
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6 minGuest
Wendy details setting up a joke sugar-daddy profile, then her real Seeking Arrangement profile, how she screens genuine messages from copy-paste scams, and frames her arrangements as a modern 'concubine relationship' with wealthy men, plus discussion of whether young college-age people should get involved in this world.
- 15:03Tim set up a Seeking Arrangements profile as a joke, claiming to be worth five million dollars.
- 15:28The site requires a monthly fee to message people, which Tim refused to pay.
- 15:48Profiles list lifestyle expectations like 'reasonable,' 'pragmatic,' or desires to travel with wealthy men.
- 16:13Tim asks whether 18 or 19-year-old college students should work at Starbucks instead of using the site.
- 16:35On his real profile, Tim lists his actual age and comedy work with no deception.
- 17:00His pitch: he has no time to date but wants sex and nice dinners, making Seeking Arrangements like an instant relationship.
- 17:29Most messages from men are fake or copy-pasted; real ones mention something personal about her profile.
- 18:03This type of arrangement is essentially a concubine relationship with very wealthy men.
- 18:47She realized immediately that money comes quickly, but had to remind herself not to get rich off it.
- 19:52When there's too much cocaine involved, the sex isn't good.