A sugar mama is a woman who offers support, typically financial and material, to a younger companion in exchange for romantic or sexual pleasure. The term originated in the 1940s when middle-aged wealthy women would go to nightclubs and meet younger men. Sugar mamas are generally older women between 35 to 50 years with money who are open to dating and marrying younger men. They are usually wealthy and successful women who have reached a stage in their lives where they don’t need a romantic relationship to provide financial stability for them. They offer young men company and emotional support, and in return, they receive attention, devotion, and often sex. For most sugar mamas, this is not an exchange based on financial need or desperation; it is a mutually beneficial relationship that both parties enter into with the same expectations and goals.