https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9yUdzoah2s

Daygamer Tom Torero explains the lover-provider continuum in this video. It's just not a binary Lover and a Provider model but a mix of both.

The continuum:

(Lover) "Alpha sport fuck"

(L1) Fuck buddy

(L2) Harem member, open

(L3) R boyfriend

(P1) k boyfriend

(P2) Husband

(P3) Sugar daddy

(Provider) Prostitution