[lbo-talk] the decline of men

Myles Sussman myles.sussman at gmail.com
Wed Apr 13 16:19:35 PDT 2011


On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Michael Smith <mjs at smithbowen.net> wrote:
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> They need to lower their standards. We're *it*, girls.

Well, there's always this: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/dating-website-members-buy-sell-dates-whatsyourprice/story?id=13329851&page=1

Maybe money can't buy you love but, if you name the right price, it can get you a first date.

At least that's how it works on WhatsYourPrice.com, a new dating site that's trying to bring Adam Smith's rules of capitalism to Cupid's world of romance.

On the site, which went live a week ago, members who label themselves "generous" flash dollar signs to bid for the chance to take "attractive" members out on a date.

The buying and selling of beautiful singles may sound an awful lot like prostitution, but the site's founder, Brandon Wade, insists that WhatsYourPrice is about paying for first dates, not paying for sex.

"If you look at the way charity events are held, you have these firemen and beautiful prom kings and queens [up for bid]," he said. "People are already doing this around the world, obviously for charity, but a similar concept would apply here."

Wade also runs the "sugar daddies" dating site SeekingArrangement.com (which just gave Charlie Sheen its very first Lifetime Achievement Award last month) and said he knows attractive women who already charge men potentially one to two hundred dollars to just meet for a cup of coffee.

"That sort of guarantees her that the one to two hours she spends having coffee isn't wasting time," he said.



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