Personally , I ' ve not considered previous Sugar Babies as doing a job . Example My last SR was a college senior whom I met through a friend on SA . She was working hard , studying hard , very smart , and was struggling to pay her way . Without getting into specific amounts , I decided to pay her rent and utilities , spoil her with random gifts from time to time , dinners out , and just fun in general . If things happened physically between us from time to time , it was because we both wanted that at the time . When it didn ' t , it didn ' t . There wasn ' t a premium or a set expectation placed on it . All in all , we both enjoyed our time together . I changed jobs and moved . She went out of state to grad school . She knows if she needed me , I ' d be there for her . no sugar required . So no , Sugars are not doing a job in my estimation . But then again , maybe I ' m not an average SD either . Who knows ?