For Rent: Spouse or Cat January 25, 2009
Posted by Onely in Food for Thought, Honorary Onely Awards.Tags: hagemashi tai, japan, rent a pet, rent a spouse, single services
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Recently I got an invitation, to a rather large formal party, addressed to a curlyquey “Christina C. and Spouse”.
Turns out, while I’ve been wasting time joking with my friends about needing a rent-a-boyfriend for just such awkward occasions, the Japanese have actually gone and created such a service.
Such services appear to be much less about sex and more about creating an image for the customer. You can rent relatives to bulk up the crowd at funerals, or play-act with you as a mother, or father, or spouse–either to give you practice for interacting with your real relatives, or just to give you the experience of what it’s like to fight with your father, or flirt with your husband. (more…)
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