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" Dear E. Jean:\u00A0This is not the usual career question one sees in ELLE\u2014but at this moment I feel utterly hopeless. I graduated from a top college two years ago and have yet to find a job. I have mounting student-loan debt. I&amp;#039;m a single mother with two little boys, and I live with my mom\u2014a less than delightful experience.\u200B I&amp;#039;m so desperate to provide for my family, I&amp;#039;ve posted a profile on a website that connects young women with rich men seeking a &amp;quot;mutually beneficial relationship.&amp;quot; I feel this may be the only opportunity I have to begin to live a self-sufficient life. It will provide a home for my boys where they can play and thrive\u2014a warm home where we can have family dinners and bond. Should I move forward in my endeavor for a short period of time so I can get on my feet and give the basics to my boys?\u2014Scared and Overwhelmed Scared, My Sweetheart: Finding a generous old coot to underwrite your career is such a respectable custom that Julius Caesar, Tchaikovsky, Coco Chanel, and even The New York Times have employed it. (The Gray Lady turned to the world&amp;#039;s richest man, Carlos Slim.) I have a beautiful young friend whose codger recently bought her a $3 million apartment in SoHo and supports her acting studies. She met him\u2014a delightful gent!\u2014when she was volunteering at a fancy art gallery, not on a cheesy sugar-daddy website. If you&amp;#039;re dreaming of giving your little boys a &amp;quot;warm home&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;family dinners&amp;quot; by soaking $3,000 a month from one of these online dudes, forget it. Yes, &amp;quot;verified&amp;quot; millionaires (the fellows pay $1,250 a year for the verification) troll on SeekingArrangement.com, but I hear from my mail that while a man may certainly advertise a &amp;quot;sugar-baby budget&amp;quot; of three or four thousand a month, dinner and a &amp;quot;gift&amp;quot; (a pair of earrings probably stolen from his wife) are about as sweet as most of these daddies get. Anyway, it&amp;#039;s more fun getting rich than shagging somebody rich. Yes, I know you think the future looks funereal. But woman up! Devote four hours every morning to pursuing a job and four hours every afternoon to earning decent money proofreading, catering, dog-walking, landscaping, organizing, delivering cupcakes, etc., etc.\u2014jobs you can bid on and win on TaskRabbit.com. Money will soon be coming in, your confidence will rise, you&amp;#039;ll perform better in job interviews, and your boys will be laughing and chattering at family dinners because Mommy is happy and working. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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