This sounds ridiculous but trust these Asia countries to be behind such an idea… It seems most of the countries in Asia are 100 years ahead us in technology and ideas.
If you are in China and do not want the headache of having a permanent boyfriend, you can actually hire one for the hours you need him (minimum of 3 days)—-and show him to your parents and friends even.
A shopping website has thought it wise to provide this above service by renting boyfriends out and business is actually booming…
According to MailOnline;
Meeting someone new isn’t always the easiest of tasks, so spare a thought for China’s young women who face intense parental pressure to find the right man.
As a result, women terrified of returning home without a handsome other half resort to hiring ‘boyfriends’ for the duration of their visit.
Now a shopping website, Taobao, has launched a new rent-a-boyfriend service which allows would-be fake other halves to advertise their services – complete with price lists.
According to Chinese newspaper, the People’s Daily, rent-a-boyfriends must be hired for a minimum of three days and offer a range of services including dinner (50 yuan, approximately £5) and shopping trips (30 yuan, approximately £3), on top of their 30 yuan hourly fee.
Other services include seeing a film, although you will have to pay double if the movie is a thriller, and a 50 yuan peck on the lips, although hand-holding and a goodbye kiss on the cheek or forehead are free.
‘I wanted to earn some pocket money when I had just graduated from university and started to work,’ explains one advertiser, 27-year-old Matthew Fang from Chongqing.
‘This rental business isn’t bad, especially during the Chinese Lunar New Year when there are family reunions.’
And business is booming for a reason. Chinese women in particular still face enormous parental pressure to meet a suitable man and rather than face a barrage of questions from nosy relatives, hire their men instead.
According to Fang, the recruitment process begins with a preliminary meeting to discuss the client’s requirements and to get their back story straight.
Typically, the pair will exchange photos and will have a rehearsal before going ahead with the rental.
Despite the detailed list of services and attempts – on both sides – to keep relations professional, some of the rent-a-boyfriends admit that it can, at times, be difficult.
‘It all depends on how you look at it,’ says another fake boyfriend, 26-year-old Xu Li from Yancheng City.
‘If you look at it as a business, then it’s much easier.’
The world should have ended 6 months ago, what the hell. Loooool this can’t be life twikaaaaa