One thing that I used to ask myself when I looked at people, especially girls, around me is; how do they get by? I don’t know how it works in the US but in the Netherlands everybody always seems to have everything they want. Minus a job, that is.

And, even though I am Dutch myself, I wonder how this is possible. When there’s a moment in which I am not working, I am always struggling to get by. Even when my parents are giving me a helping hand, I still can’t do all the things I want to. And it’s hard to (temporarily) give up the life of luxury that I am used to.

Can you imagine how hard it must be for girls that never knew luxury, to lose it after having experienced it for a while? Well, it’s much harder for them than it is for me. They don’t know how to hold on to it. MTV is also not helping them. Shows like Cribs and The fabulous life make Dutch people even hungrier for fortune than they already were. It’s not just the guys anymore that dream about having nice cars and cribs, is seems like the whole nation is now interested in these items. And in flaunting them.

The most interested in these things though, are girls that just met with luxury. They are like scavengers, interested in everything that shines. And who profits from that? Exactly, men with a little spare change in their pocket and a not-so-happy marriage. A man like that has to be neither wealthy nor good-looking. Just willing to provide a luxurious life for a girl that is not his daughter. And hope that he gets something in return. Which, most (or some) of the times, isn’t the case.

I know this now, when I was younger I was naïve and I thought that people around me were on my level. Never taking money for anything other than a decent job from someone that is not immediate family, that is.

The fact that these scavenger girls are never honest about their income didn’t make it easier for me to figure it out. But as you get older, you start realizing that some things are not as they seem (or just as they seem) and I so put the pieces together.

Obviously the scavenger girls lie about their sugar daddy’s because they are not proud of it. It’s not just the fact that they have to take money from strangers, but also the fact that these sugar daddy’s are never people they want to be seen with. Especially since flaunting is the new trend, something that doesn’t really work with a guy twice your age on your side.

So maybe it’s time for MTV to come up with a new show. I have already seen Pimp my ride, Pimp my bike, Pimp my room, Pimp my doghouse and much more. When will I be able to watch a show that will help all of these young scavenger girls? Pimp my… sugar daddy!

Marcia Farias,

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