Forget The Campus Divas, Meet The Campus Ninjas. University Boys And Sugar Mummies

Piece by: Linda Pepper
Lifestyle

Life in campus is difficult, more so for the male species. For the first time in their lives, they are alone in an ocean of women. All the kinds of girls they dreamed of in high school have converged in one place; and, there are no rules. They can be with whoever they want. For most guys, the pressure to impress these girls is too high. And when their meagre pocket money is stretched too thin and all their HELB loan goes to their fees, they can only resort to their only other option; Sugar Mummies. So how do you spot a campus boy with a sugar mummy? Read on:

1. From Bonoko to Bien Aime.

He was your regular village boy: screaming "Guchi" and "Versache" labels, Fake hightops, dusty coloured hair, snapbacks turned back on his head and of course, the staple sagged, baggy jeans. Suddenly, the fake high tops have been traded in for some really clean loafers, the coloured hair has been shorn off and the screaming fake designer clothes have been traded for a sweater and khakis.

2. He speaks English

Yes. The boy who only spoke heavily accented sheng is now struggling to spew out some English. Why, because his Sugar Mommy only speaks English and if he has to keep up with her, he must do the same. The only problem is that it is very hard to remove the eastlando or shaggs from him so his English sounds like English that has been thrown off a plane and run over by a lorry.

3. He Reads!

The last book he read was the set book in high school, but suddenly he is carrying around Mario Puzo and Robert Ludlum books. You haven't  seen him reading them yet but he is always carrying them around. Probably because the Sugar Mommy is trying to turn him into the man she wants so she wants him to read something other than Shujaa Magazine.

4. He has more money to spend on you.

The sugar mommy cycle is a rob Peter to pay Paul scenario. The Sugar Mommy gives him money, he comes to spend it on you. You spend all his money, he'll goes back to the Sugar Mummy. So if your boyfriend has no job, his parents didn't win the lottery and he is suddenly taking you to Ocean Basket and not Antonia Fish and Chips, he has a Sugar Mummy.

The truth is, men are better at hiding their affairs so while it might be easy to spot a girl with a sugar daddy, it might be pretty harder to spot a guy with a sugar mummy.Do you suspect anything? Put him through this test and see if he passes.