The Subprime Sugar Daddy Crisis Hits Campus

Today the crack investigative team at the New York Times reports on one of the financial crisis's most tragic consequences: Wall Street girlfriends and wives no longer have carte blanche!  Quelle horror!  But we think the NYT has failed to explore the collegiate angle of this dilemma: Wharton girlfriends.  (See also: gold diggers, TheHos.)

Has your boyfriend gone from Theos baller to one of those sad people that spends all their time playing Food Friendzy on Facebook in the hopes of scoring Campusfood.com discounts?  Has he stopped making it rain and started hunting for a work-study job?  Oh, honey, let it out!  Thursday night's M.B.A. happy hour used to be a sure bet for meeting well-to-do young men.  But now?  You might as well stay home and watch Ugly Betty.

Update: Tipster Grace writes in to call our attention to the blog that inspired the article: dabagirls.com.  LOL-worthy excerpt: "Dating A Banker Anonymous (DABA) is a safe place where women can come together--free from the scrutiny of feminists–-and share their tearful tales of how the mortgage meltdown has affected their relationships"