This is 21 year old Sabrina.
She fell in love with 60 year old Grant.
Sabrina: We clicked right away.
Their relationship started as a financial transaction.
Sabrina: I met Grant on the sugar daddy sugar baby dating site.
Initially for like financial reasons I thought
I would just find a sugar daddy.
But soon after it evolved into real love.
Sabrina: But now like it's for love, it's not for money.
Grant: I was surprised to find true love online.
But with a 38 year age gap between them,
there's many that don't take their relationship seriously.
Sabrina: They think she's only in it for the money or something like that.
With some of that judgment coming from closer to home.
Sabrina: My dad, he doesn't approve.
See, that's what you sent me ‘Hello, how was your night?’
And I responded right away.
When we met I was 21.
And see we met on a Sunday, remember?
Sunday evening. Grant: Yeah.
Sabrina: And we met at Tailgaters.
But then they were closed we had to go to the other bar.
We met on this dating site called seeking arrangements.
Um, it's mostly known as the sugar baby sugar daddy website.
I thought I would find a sugar daddy,
and it would just be like a financial situation.
A barely 21 year old Sabrina first saw 60 year old Grant
as more of a business venture than a romantic figure.
Things quickly changed as they got to know one another.
Sabrina: We clicked right away, but now like it's for love.
It's not for money and I'm really happy.
In the beginning I would hang out like several times a week,
because he's retired, he has a lot of time.
Grant: Like, we kind of put money aside we didn't even…
Sabrina: We just got to know each other. Grant: Care about money.
Sabrina: And the more we got to know each other,
the more that I just liked him as a person.
I’d say like just within a month, I discovered I had feelings for him.
Grant: There was something above and beyond just
a typical meeting of someone.
In terms of being called a sugar daddy,
I am a little bit anti being called that
because of the men who have taken it in the wrong direction.
Where it's just strictly money transfers
for brief interludes of companionship.
So that's really not my,
my goal or direction.
Despite the relationship no longer being a financial arrangement,
that's not got in the way of Grant showering Sabrina with gifts.
Sabrina: This were made in Italy.
This one is a Sterling Silver piece
and there's another one it has a different finish to it.
There's also this one.
We just thought they really stood out.
I mean, they might look gaudy to some people,
but I really love it.
Grant: I kind of grew up with this where my,
my family likes this type of jewelry
and she kind of falls right in suit.
You know, even with this even with jewelry selection,
it's just amazing how we match on this area as well.
Sabrina: He just treats me like a princess.
He really does.
And I try to treat him like a diamond like the man he is,
so I try and respect him.
You’re my diamond, diamond daddy.
The pair have been dating for a while
and now are thinking about making a change to their living arrangements.
Sabrina: Right now I still live in a duplex with my dad
in an apartment, but I really want to move in with him.
Because I feel like it's the right step, you know.
However, their large age gap hasn't been met
with much support from Sabrina's family.
Sabrina: My dad, he doesn't approve.
He's so stubborn.
I don't really tell him a lot about it.
My dad is 57
so he is three years younger than Grant who's 60.
I really want my family to meet him.
I just want them to see how happy I am
and know that it's not, it's not superficial, it's real.
What we have really is.
I’ve never felt about anyone the way I feel about Grant.
Grant: You’re my baby girl.
And the lack of support has extended further
than just Sabrina's family.
Grant: I have been married,
I have three children from the same mother.
Interviewer: Do your children know that you’re a sugar daddy?
I mean have you told them?
Grant: They do know that.
We don't discuss it. But they're skeptical.
Maybe in the very beginning, I thought,
well, what are people going to think?
And then I already knew I didn't really care.
But now I don't really even think about it.
When the pair go out together,
members of the public often assume
the wrong things about their relationship.
Sabrina: And society like sees us like walking they think Oh,
look, I wonder how much money he gives her.
She's only in it for the money or something like that.
And we’ll get like stares when we go to the mall or something.
And he's been asked actually a number of occasions.
‘Is that your daughter?’
Like, oh, no, it's my girlfriend.
But I feel like people just think it's, it's about money and that's it.
They don't assume that I could just like him, like him for just him.
I would say that it's my life and life is short,
you know, they're in are no place to judge.
But despite what everyone else might think about their pairing,
Sabrina and Grant are happy,
their financial arrangement turned into a lasting love affair.
Grant: I was surprised to find true love online.
I really didn't expect it at all.
It just happened on virtually every level.
Sabrina: It's just a relationship now, like any other relationship.
It's not about money. It's about love.