Thank you writing post about me and jumping on bandwagon with the other. :ro flmao:.Hookers and sugar babies wouldn't make no time to see you without money.
Originally Posted by Fancylady
Many non-hooker dates wouldn't make time to see you without money too.
Just like many guys would not be interested in a normal relationship without sex.
My point is that most traditional relationships also have the elements of (i) money or other consideration (i.e., gifts, dinner, etc.), and (ii) sex. Yet, I don't know of anyone that would consider dating the same as prostitution, at least at the practical level.
But at the legal level, as much as I hate it I have to agree with Woody and SJ above.
There are a lot of legislatures that write statutes intentionally overly broad so the police can enforce most technicalities, expecting the police not to enforce extreme examples that are not intended to be prostitution. In other words, the statutes are written intentionally gray. For example, consider the Michigan statute:
750.449a Engaging services for purpose of prostitution, lewdness, or assignation; engaging services with person less than 18 years of age for purpose of prostitution, lewdness, or assignation; penalty.
Sec. 449a.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a person who engages or offers to engage the services of another person, not his or her spouse, for the purpose of prostitution, lewdness, or assignation, by the payment in money or other forms of consideration, is guilty of a misdemeanor. A person convicted of violating this section is subject to part 52 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.5201 to 333.5210.
(2) A person who engages or offers to engage the services of another person, who is less than 18 years of age and who is not his or her spouse, for the purpose of prostitution, lewdness, or assignation, by the payment in money or other forms of consideration, is guilty of a crime punishable as provided in section 451.
Originally Posted by MCL 750.449a
One could violate this statute by:
- Committing prostitution.
- "Wear that low cut shirt that shows more boob that you should. In return I'll buy you that necklace you wanted. It'll look great with that shirt."
- "Meet me at that hotel we normally go to; I found that 1992 Merlot we've been wanting to try."
- "I'm going to take you to a nice restaurant; then I'm going to take you to the hotel we normally go to!"
- With a girlfriend of 3 years: "I got last minute Sam Smith tickets for tonight; and I want you after."
It's so broad, that the legislature even added an exception for spouses, likely to prevent overzealous police departments from trying to charge spouses with this statute.
The only reasonable argument I can think of in Court is that that unspoken third prong of prostitution tests is not met, the link between sex and money... sex (or lewdness or assignation) FOR money. Depending on the fact pattern, this may or not be persuasive:
- A first date with sex and cash exchanged—probably convicted as this looks just like prostitution.
- A 50th date at a Sam Smith concert for her (consideration) and then a hotel (sex)—probably acquittal as it would not look like sex FOR the tickets and would also look like a date in a traditional relationship.
But the only real difference between these two is history and how the sugar baby was spoiled. Both of those influence the jury's perception.
My overlying point is that prostitution statutes are often written broad enough that it reads even on innocent spousal relationships. If it could read on spousal relationships (assuming the exception were not written into the law), it could certainly read on sugar arrangements. So technically, it is illegal. But that still does not mean you'd be convicted. It all boils down to the specifics of your arrangement and how long you've been together.
On a practical note my sugar relationships are much more like a relationship with a secret girlfriend than they are a john seeing a hooker. In truth, I've had 3 sugar arrangements now that turned into girlfriends. After a couple dates with a sugar baby, I generally have a good sense of what she wants. If she's interested in only allowance (i.e., she's a hooker calling herself a sugar baby), then I end it, and start looking again. If we actually connect, and any allowance is a bonus, then we'll get along fine.
I'll spoil her rotten.
Here's my question to you: if the only difference between my sugar arrangements compared to my traditional GFs is that we met on seekingarrangement (implying she wants or expects to be spoiled) instead of eHarmony (no implication), and I spoil the former with an allowance and the latter with lavish gifts... does that mean my traditional GFs are also prostitutes through no actions of their own but only because I'm a generous and benevolent guy? In this hypothetical the only real difference between a sugar baby and a GF is that my sugar baby wanted to be spoiled and it was a bonus for my GF. Is that the what makes a hooker, wanting (or even expecting) to be spoiled instead of getting it incidentally? The end result is the same in both cases... Food for thought.