Agencies in China's Chengdu city are offering rented girlfriends to bachelors who need someone to show off to relatives during the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year(AFP/Illustration)
Posted on 01/05/2005 3:10:32 PM PST by martin_fierro
Chinese men hiring girlfriends to stop family nagging
Wed Jan 5,12:23 PM ET
BEIJING (AFP) - Agencies in China's Chengdu city are offering rented girlfriends to bachelors who need someone to show off to relatives during the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, state press said.
"Love agencies are springing up in Chengdu offering an invaluable service for those men whose parents are nagging them to settle down," the China West Metropolitan News reported.
A hired girlfriend can cost as much as 300 yuan (36 dollars) a day, the paper said, a third of an ordinary worker's monthly salary in China.
A man named Yue, 31, said he plans to rent someone to take home because his parents are nagging him to find a "nice girl and raise their grandchildren," it said.
Although Yue is "just trying to be a good son," civil affairs officials and sociologists have come out firmly against such services, the paper said.
Agencies in China's Chengdu city are offering rented girlfriends to bachelors who need someone to show off to relatives during the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year(AFP/Illustration)
She only has eyes for Yue.
Nah forget it.
Homosexual men can really make good use of this service.
I wonder what homosexual women do?
On second thought, I don't wanna know.
SHEESH! Most U.S. WIVES cost more than that!
The pressure to outsource mounts.
Why buy when you can rent far cheaper?
It's the age old question, is it cheaper to buy or lease.
Yue better watch out,
Yue better not lie.
Yue better watch out
I'm telling Yue why-
Mom and Dad are comin' to town.
They know with whom you're sleeping,
They'll know if she's a fake
They know if you've been bad or good
So be good for goodness' sake...
Only if it's Julia Roberts.
A girlfriend is someone you pay to stay.
A hooker is someone you pay to leave.
Why White Men Prefer Asian Women
Toogood Reports ^ | Wednesday, October 24, 2001; 12:01 a.m. EST | Fred Reed
Posted on 10/24/2001 7:49:08 AM PDT by LiveFree2000
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