Yes, grasshopper, rates will come down
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Some stupid / rich dudes (Not sure what I should call them) are feeding these chicks.
Even with a recession happening in the future I feel like rates won't come down and I am not sure how previous recessions affected the rates. However, with this online content and inflation sugar relationship is becoming more expensive for a sugar daddy.
[/QUOTE]I am in my 50's, and I've hobbied off and on since the 1990's. I think I can explain the current inflation, or at least part of it.
Things are bad now because the hobby is affected by the overall economy. You've heard the news: Right now, labor of any kind is overpriced, and anyone who hires is paying more for less. Is there any reason why that shouldn't apply to the hobby, too?
Most of the current providers (and real sugar babies, for that matter) are older women who started prior to the pandemic. There is a minimal influx of young newbies, or even older newbies, for that matter. We have a labor supply problem, just like Home Depot and your local restaurant.
The hobby has always been very cyclical. In the early 2000's, when unemployment was around 3. 5%, people were paying $400 for obese / old providers who primarily advertised on a now defunct message board. I about gave up on the hobby altogether around 2006.
Then the financial meltdown happened in 2007 to 2008. In 2011 and 2012, I was getting bonafide college chicks on Seeking (then Seeking Arrangements) for $200. The good times continued through about 2016, and had a slow taper off from 2017 until 2020.
I am in reasonably good shape for a middle age man, and I have good social skills. But I'm very average looking and well under six feet tall. I do horribly on apps like Tinder and Bumble.
I was landing hot college chicks in 2012 for $200 because supply and demand conditions were in my favor then. Now, however, you have too many guys chasing too few women, so prices are going up. And the quality is not so good, and selection is extremely limited. Even you guys who like older women: I'm sure you would like some choice beyond Natane Marie, Taylor Nikole, and other aging providers who have been around since 2009.
I don't want to see the economy implode just so we can get some better deals on women. But everyone agrees that the labor market has been in disequilibrium.
If you're following the news, though, the labor market is slowing, along with consumer demand. I'm holding on to my money until unemployment rises to 5 percent. That seems to be threshold (based on my 30+ years of observing the hobby) when enough new women enter the market to create an entirely new supply.
This, too, shall pass. But keep in mind: there will always be simps. There will always be guys who are so thirsty, that they'll pay $400 for a fat provider who is 40 years old. This was true in 2003, and it's true in 2023.
Don't be a simp, and don't overpay. That only hurts you, and other hobbyists. That's why I recently scolded the guys who were paying those traveling Ukrainians $500 for a non-FS HE.