Single mom supports teenage daughter by being paid to date

Jordyn Smith is getting paid to date

Single
parenting has its challenges, and for Jordyn Smith, managing finances
is one of the hardest. The mother, who does not receive child support,
has held a variety of jobs — from serving as a cocktail waitress to
being an exotic dancer — to offset the costs of raising her teenage
daughter. Currently though, the Las Vegas, Nev. resident is unemployed —
but she’s still raking in cash (albeit, in a rather unorthodox way).

Through a website called WhatsYourPrice, Smith is being paid to go on dates and maintain platonic relationships with men.

“The
men will either send me an offer and I can counteroffer, or I’ll send
them out an offer of like $150 to $200, and then they can counter or I
can accept,” Smith explains to Yahoo Lifestyle of how the website works, an eBay-type service. “It’s just like a bidding thing. But I don’t do less than $100.”

And
while the arrangement is fairly similar to Seeking Arrangement, which
connects women with “sugar daddies” or even comparable to being a
prostitute, Smith insists that this process is different because of the
lack of pressure, and legality.

“I did sign up for the Sugardaddie website,
and that was just garbage,” she explains. “It put a bit of a bad taste
in my mouth, so I didn’t really have high expectations for
WhatsYourPrice, to be honest. I was nervous because I didn’t want the
men to expect anything. But I did point out on my profile that it would
be no strings attached. I am good company, I am fun, but don’t expect
anything out of this.”

What
she’s gotten out of the men she’s gone on dates with is nearly $3,000.
But that amount is only increasing with a single, more steady, companion
that she’s connected with. After a few dates with one man in
particular, Smith says he’s taken on a more substantial role in her
life.

From
buying Smith a truck, to giving her money to buy her teenage daughter’s
Christmas gifts, the 36-year-old’s companion has given her $7,600
thus far. Although their relationship is currently non-sexual,
the divorced dad of grown children has been introduced to Smith’s friend
and her daughter. 

“He’s
definitely unique,” Smith says. “He’s always wanting to help out and
wanting to help me succeed because I’m a single mom. I think as a friend
as well, he wants to see me succeed because he’s gotten to know me
better and he’s met some of my friends. He’s taken me and my girlfriends
out, my daughter’s met him a few times. He’s actually gonna buy her a
car.”

Although
Smith says she’s typically not open with her daughter about the ways
that she makes money, she’s found a way to explain to the teenager that
she met this man on a dating website who’s looking to help their family
financially.

“As
long as she knows that I’m not here doing illegal things,” Smith says.
“It’s company. I am single, so I can date people. And why not if people
want to pay for companionship or to date. Why not? Because most of the
time these guys are really not that great, and you’re going and wasting
your time for free.”

As
for the future with this man in particular, Smith says she would be
open to a relationship with him at some point. But first, she’s looking
to start a business — with his initial investment.

“I
want to do something in the beauty industry, maybe that’s spa or
laser,” Smith says. “So I’ve been kind of looking at businesses now, I
just need to be able to give him a business plan and it’s gotta make
sense to him.”

In
the meantime, she continues to date around on the site to have some
extra earnings, while doing some part-time foot modeling on the side as
well.