Fenbro: She doesn't beg

Manhattan, NY -- It's Wednesday morning. Typically, Louise Fenbro would still be in bed sleeping off last night's hangover. She would get up just in time for brunch at Posh, and then engage in another afternoon shopping spree in SoHo. Instead, she is posting an ad on Craigslist for her blue Dolce & Gabbana purse which she is selling so that she can make this month's rent.

Fenbro, 22, is part of a unique social demographic that is increasingly feeling the strain of a global economic crisis that has manifested everywhere from Wall Street to Sesame Street. It's a group that heavily relies on economic prosperity and the personal gain of others for survival: the gold diggers.

"Like, this recession is totally depressing me," says Fenbro, over a Starbucks latte. "I never thought I'd see the day I'd have to sell my stuff to pay my rent."

Fenbro said her "benefactor," an influential senator from Arkansas, decided to cut her monthly allowance by more than 40 percent, leaving her with barely enough to sustain her lavish, upscale lifestyle.

"How does he expect me to live? I totally don't get it," Fenbro said. "I'm, like, totally considering finding another senator."

Easy words to say, but Fenbro, like many other gold diggers, knows it's hard to follow through, considering these tough times.

"I'm not stupid," she says. "If selling a purse that I only used once is what I gotta do to make it through, then so be it."

Bentley Breedwarmth, 21, of Denver, Colorado, echoes Fenbro's rational outlook.

"My sugar daddy was supposed to take me to Paris, France this summer. Now we're just going to Paris, Ontario," said Breedwarmth. "Apparently, it's a nice place in Canada where we could also eat cheese and drink wine. Like, I don't even know where Canada is, but whatever. As long as he doesn't take away my Mini-Cooper."

Donna Meadow, 23, who hails from Minneapolis, Minnesota, rejects suggestions that gold diggers are parasites who don't deserve pity and sympathy, and must work like everyone else.

"I dare the haters to fall on their knees, administer fellatio to a fat, horny 55-year-old co-owner of a multinational corporation, swallow it all, and then say it's not work. I dare them," says Meadow. "Not so easy now, is it?"

Fenbro says she is proud of what she does, and would never trade it for a 9-to-5 job at an office, despite the negative connotations and stigma.

"I make my own hours. I get nice things. Sure it's kinda hard right now, but at least I don't go around begging the government and their aunt to bail my ass out," she stresses. "I'm sure things will turn around."

Breedwarmth is hopeful the economy turns around before the summer.

"I really wanna go see Madonna again this summer. Oh, and Beyonce is touring, too. Like, I totally can't miss that!" he screams excitedly.