What if you don't have a crush?
You don't pay people to go on dates with you on dating sites????? They haven't made a platonic relationship site; they've made a platonic brothel.The site was set up in 2009 after CEO Scott Rosenbaum found himself wondering why there were so many dating websites, but none for platonic relationships.
What if they keep charging you anyway even if they genuinely like you?
I would like to offer my "friendship", about time to get paid for behaving friendly! Didn't know they had such services for Europeans. Always thought was more of a Japanese society niche.
That's what paid online is.
I think the issue is that nagging thought in the back of your mind that people don't want to be around you of their own free will so you have to buy them.I mean, if you think about it if you buy each other dinner and what not you're already paying a monthly fee right? Indirectly but if they act the same as a real friend would do its better than not having anyone at all.
I know right, lonely, depressed people looking for non-medical solutions for their borderline suicidal thoughts and feelings... ewww!! so cringe!!
As someone who occasionally struggles with loneliness this is a weird concept to me.
You know the person is just there because you're paying them.
I think the hourly rate would beat my suspension of disbelief.
Oh well gee wiz when you mention $150/hr, $25/hr for a friend doesn't sound expensive at all! Who can't afford that?I have friends who pay $150 an hour for a life coach. $25 an hour is a whole lot cheaper for the same.
Looking at it that way makes it even worse, because you're essentially hiring someone with the responsibility of making sure you don't commit suicide. That's dire.
As someone with crippling social anxiety, I feel like this could be usefull to practice how to actually have friends. Like, how to act around them, how friendship works, etc. Sometimes, the thing holding you back is the inertia. it's been so long you've been with actual friends that you sort of feel like you don't need them, or that you can't make them, and this could be a good way to break this inertia.
When you have a finance worker's salary you can pay to get what you want, but maybe that stops you from getting what you need. Someone to tell you to stop logging onto other people's Instagram accounts just to stalk your ex's spa day in Budapest. Someone to tell you that the way your spit smacks around your mouth while you chew is revolting. Someone to tell you that a Manchester United-themed room featuring a single bed and that poster of a tennis player scratching her arse is not a room fit to bring a lady back to. Friends set you straight, rent-a-friends can't.
Nothing will attract a woman faster than paying her to be your friend.Reminds me of Tiny Toons:
Apparently there are people renting themselves out in my area.
Attractive women too. Hmm...
I mean, if you think about it if you buy each other dinner and what not you're already paying a monthly fee right? Indirectly but if they act the same as a real friend would do its better than not having anyone at all.
Yeah, but meetup is for group activities.I'm curious, does the US not have something like Meetup? - it's free and seems to do a lot of similar stuff (meet up, hang out for drinks etc).
https://www.meetup.com
I use it, it's great when you have no friends and just want to hang out with people.
Now I wonder if there are websites (or if not, an audience) for paid offline co-ops buddies.
I thought this was a Japanese thing. Since many people there have a harsh work-life they might not be able make normal friendships/relationships and would maybe rely on these services. Is it the same in Europe?
all three of her regular Rent-a-Friend clients are middle-aged men who work in finance.
It's also unsurprising that investment bankers are paying for Kay's time. Busy work schedules see them leaving the office at 11PM and back in again at 7AM, leaving little time for socialising.