China has a shortage of women, and men are under heavy presure both to work hard and to get get married. It’s especially tough during the Spring Festival, when sons are expected to bring their girlfriends home to meet their parents. Thus the new industry: “Girlfriends for Hire”. Young women are putting ads on the Internet offering to pose as a man’s girlfriend during the festival to get his parents off his back.
- Why pay for a fake girlfriend? Why not just ask one of your fake facebook friends to do it?
- Finally the women won’t have to feel bad about faking anything, because they’re faking everything!
One young man has also placed an ad offering $878 (US) to pretend to be his girlfriend for five days. He’s received about 400 applications so far. But he’s picky. He says his fake girlfriend must have certain qualities including “a kind heart, high level of personal integrity, and good comunication skills.”
- And, of course, really big fake boobs.
- Big Al had a fake girlfriend for 15 years on our radio show. He met her at a Star Trek convention.