Where Mr. Right is Mr. Rich

Filed in archive on November 15, 2006

THE SEATTLE TIMES -- Nov 15 -- Critics call them gold diggers. But the women who prowl online dating Web sites like Wealthymen.com and Sugardaddie.com know what they want - and they're not afraid to flaunt it. "I am looking for someone who will take me on trips, spa getaways, to the salon, clothes and lingerie shopping," a 'sugarbabe' on Sugardaddie. Cristine Gomez, 21, recently dated an older man she met on Wealthymen for three months, in which he paid her rent check and car payments, and picked up the bill on her college tuition. "The site," she says, "is about being spoiled." One sugar daddy requests a woman who can "easily change from a pair of jeans to a small black cocktail dress." Another describes himself as a "race car driver looking for his red Ferrari." Men are typically forced into the role of the pursuer on mainstream dating Web sites like Match.com and Americansingles.com, where the male-to-female ratio is 70:30. At Wealthymen women outnumber men 5 to 1. Since the site launched in March 2006, Wealthymen.com has signed up 250,000 women and 100,000 men, while Sugardaddie.com ranks well above the 100,000 mark. FULL ARTICLE @ SEATTLE TIMES

Mark Brooks: Wealthymen was created by the same team who created Webdate.com. It's been a great niche for them. SugarDaddyForMe is also doing quite well. Guys want more attention, but surely they want it from women who aren't so obviously scouring them for their loot. Your comments please...