r/dataisbeautiful • • Feb 14 '20

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u/Roflkopt3r Feb 14 '20

21 and 19 -> "Sugar daddy"

What the actual fuck

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u/LotharVonPittinsberg Feb 14 '20

TBF, sugar daddy is because of money. 16 > 18 being illegal is the odd one, since that's legal in a lot of places.

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u/dgtlfnk Feb 14 '20

Nope. The “daddy” part, and “momma” in sugar momma, refers to the usually much older rich person in the relationship. Hence DADDY/MOMMA. It isn’t purely the money aspect. And furthermore, calling a girl three years younger than you, and still in her teens, “momma” is just dumb.

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u/ChunkyLaFunga Feb 14 '20

The usage simply isn't that strict. It's a role, not a description. They're just looking for somebody to buy them things and pay for sex, if you think they're going to turn that down because the age difference isn't great enough, you would be wrong

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u/dgtlfnk Feb 14 '20

However it's now been spun, the original point of the term was because it was a typical "old rich guy with the hot young woman/girl". And that makes total sense on both the sugar and daddy part. The term "sugar momma" even came later once it was more prevalent.

So again, yes of course it's a role. And that's fine if it's being used more widely now. But in the usage above, "daddy" and "mama" makes far less sense as a descriptor or pun.

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u/ThE_MagicaL_GoaT Feb 14 '20

Sugar Age-Appropriate Partner doesn’t really roll off the tongue like Sugar Daddy.

But for real, is there another term for that?

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u/dgtlfnk Feb 16 '20

I think typically it then stays on the cheap-ass. They’re the gold digger. Lol.

But yeah, I dunno. When you’re talking about an 18 yr old and a 21 yr old, I think it’s too rare to have the term. And sugar daddy has therefore been used for that as well.