Rent a Friend

Olive
By Olive

Need a friend? Now you can 'rent a friend' for $10 per hour
By Andrew Moran.

Are you lonely? Is your social anxiety playing a big part in your inability to meet people? Now meeting people is as easy as clicking a button at RentAFriend.com where you can view more than 200,000 profiles and pictures.

The usual mantra in big cities is that people find it really difficult to meet new people or they feel socially isolated from the world because of the coldness that seems to appear from the average city person.
In the Internet age, we are able to do everyone online from ordering motion pictures to reading a book to finding a date. So it came as no surprise that a new business has started where you are able to rent a friend.

A website entitled RentAFriend, which has been in operation for about six months, now gives you the opportunity to have friends for lunch, have a friend to accompany you to a gala or have a pal to invite over when you feel lonely by simply signing up to their website and viewing tens of thousands of people.
However, it does cost you about $10 per hour but the site states “almost all of them are willing to negotiate or even waive their fees depending on the activity you are planning with them.”

This rental service is available in the US and Canada and has more than 218,000 friends for rent. All one has to do in order to rent a friend is to enter your zip or postal code to find someone in your area and if you like their photo or profile then you can hire them.

By Darly• 6 Jul 2010 15:17
Darly

Sad when you have to pay people to be your friend :(

By Olive• 6 Jul 2010 13:00
Olive

IF you want to find out about my talents Brit, I'll have to charge you extra ;)

By deepb• 6 Jul 2010 12:56
deepb

No FS you may not, I charge extra for being stalked :P

By anonymous• 6 Jul 2010 12:49
anonymous

I'am all ears now.

By Formatted Soul• 6 Jul 2010 12:48
Formatted Soul

deep can I stalk you?:)

By britexpat• 6 Jul 2010 12:47
britexpat

As oper the site, I am sure you will waive the fee in return for great company and conversation . I promise to bring my favourite Hungarian wine.

By the way, the site says that "Many Friends on RentAFriend.com have unique talents and skills. They can teach you a new language, tutor you, share a new hobby, art, dance, and much more."

Can you please elaborate a little on your unique talents :O)

By deepb• 6 Jul 2010 12:46
deepb

Good. Send me pm of location and time and I will be there :)

By anonymous• 6 Jul 2010 12:44
anonymous

Rizks - Yep...She must be totally bountiful.

By anonymous• 6 Jul 2010 12:44
anonymous

deepb - I say Deal! Let's do it buddy...

By deepb• 6 Jul 2010 12:43
deepb

FU!!! This is not fair! Brit is paying olive 10$ per hour in addition to the wine. I don't even get 2 beers an hour???!!!!

By Rizks• 6 Jul 2010 12:42
Rizks

FU but the eyes still looks beautiful, especially the eye brows ? :)

By anonymous• 6 Jul 2010 12:41
anonymous

Olive - Thats what...The makeup looks overdone.

By Olive• 6 Jul 2010 12:40
Olive

Stock photo. Found it on the net.

By anonymous• 6 Jul 2010 12:39
Rating: 4/5
anonymous

Rizks - God knows....But it's good.

By Rizks• 6 Jul 2010 12:37
Rizks

FU isnt she has beontifool eyes ? :)

By anonymous• 6 Jul 2010 12:36
anonymous

Olive - Who's picture is that?

By Olive• 6 Jul 2010 12:34
Olive

Great Brit, thanks for the $10. Now you can take me to dinner and buy me expensive wine.

By deepb• 6 Jul 2010 11:43
deepb

More Scary!!! I think I will increase my rental charges to 2 beers per hour as this sounds like a risky proposition.

By anonymous• 6 Jul 2010 11:41
anonymous

Lol happy - Next time it will be better ;)

deepb - No I have to drive it. That's another problem.

By deepb• 6 Jul 2010 11:38
deepb

Does it drive by itself as well? If so where can I place my order? :P

By anonymous• 6 Jul 2010 11:35
anonymous

Lol Deepb - You are spot on. Everything except the horns make noise. No seat belt. Breaks work often. You need my help to get out of it. That kind of stuff.

By happygolucky• 6 Jul 2010 11:34
happygolucky

Ya...in your time machine I really felt I was in 2050 ....:)

By deepb• 6 Jul 2010 11:29
deepb

Scary!

By anonymous• 6 Jul 2010 11:28
anonymous

deepb - I will bring my time machine. Ask happygolucky and WK for specs of this time tested mean machine I own. ;)

By deepb• 6 Jul 2010 11:25
deepb

Oh FU, do you have a designated driver for your rental this weekend or are we going to depend on a taxi?

By britexpat• 6 Jul 2010 11:25
britexpat

Thanks... I found your profile. You didn't tell me that you were a contortionist and loved to swim with the polar bears :O)

I have deposited my $10 already..

By britexpat• 6 Jul 2010 11:20
britexpat

I'm a cheapskate and used to Qatar prices :O)

By anonymous• 6 Jul 2010 11:16
anonymous

Brit - Any is fine...all is a little tricky :O)

By yv2r• 6 Jul 2010 11:16
yv2r

$10 an hour for any and all activities,some thing strange

By britexpat• 6 Jul 2010 11:03
Rating: 3/5
britexpat

“almost all of them are willing to negotiate or even waive their fees depending on the activity you are planning with them.”

Yep! I bet they are. The fee should be $10.00 an hour for any and all activities. :O)

By Blood• 6 Jul 2010 11:01
Blood

yes indeed, I even changed my passport.

By yv2r• 6 Jul 2010 11:01
Rating: 3/5
yv2r

as they have friends here in QL to share,hijack,fight, abuse,some time off to do social service for the community.

By Andeee• 6 Jul 2010 10:58
Andeee

Yeah agreed but having said that how many people are there around that just use their friends anyway...

By happygolucky• 6 Jul 2010 10:52
happygolucky

Blood...is non-payment of dues one of the reasons to change your ID...:)

By Blood• 6 Jul 2010 10:30
Blood

Your 10 $ payment is due, kindly send the payment a sap, else I very unfortunately will disconnect the service immediately!!

In case you have payed your dues, please neglect this message.

Thank you for being my friend!!!!!

By mjamille28• 6 Jul 2010 10:19
mjamille28

FU, we are already friends, ya? :P

By Mazin Salih• 6 Jul 2010 10:11
Mazin Salih

This is sound to me more like a blind date, the only differences here is that you are paying, which u do anyway in a blind date....

By anwarji• 6 Jul 2010 09:58
anwarji

I think this not for friendship....but may be a fellowship.....

By flor1212• 6 Jul 2010 09:39
flor1212

it's more of a "legalized" escort services. But if the intent is "really" good, I think this is a nice business!

By gkramer• 6 Jul 2010 09:37
Rating: 3/5
gkramer

You can get tramps for 3 dollars so if it's only sex you are after, there are cheaper options.

By happygolucky• 6 Jul 2010 09:35
Rating: 3/5
happygolucky

Escort services are far more costlier, this one is manageable...:)

By ajmani• 6 Jul 2010 09:35
ajmani

Now, people are so lonely and demotivated and depressed that they have to rent a friend? This is what happens when life is lived on the computer, and not with real people. I did hear about this, but i personally think it is a good idea to rent a friend when you are going to a different country for a visit and might need help in moving around. Leave incentives behind :)

By afrinnabees• 6 Jul 2010 09:33
Rating: 3/5
afrinnabees

now world is gone crazy..pepole dont have time for nething and moreover,they dont value..feelings ,instead thy value money..so if thy get a frnd paying money thy will surely wont let tat frnd away..and so thy don't show ego and things...like tat

and friendship will change like robot master relationship...grt..to imagine such kind of things.....

By avvid• 6 Jul 2010 09:21
avvid

Used to be called an escort service. But times have changed.

By asif_khan• 6 Jul 2010 09:19
Rating: 4/5
asif_khan

renting GIRLFRIENDS is also a best option no divorce, no kids only easy...........

By happygolucky• 6 Jul 2010 09:17
happygolucky

I think its a cool idea... atleast I can get rid of one of them whose service is availed at the cut off time which is sometimes difficult otherwise, if I dont like one.

@Speed...rentawife.com...would be huge success...:)

By anonymous• 6 Jul 2010 09:16
anonymous

kramer - Excellent point. I agree.

By gkramer• 6 Jul 2010 09:15
gkramer

I believe psychiatrists are nothing but friends you pay for so people already use rented friends. Atleast these guys are only 10 bucks an hour.

By deepb• 6 Jul 2010 09:15
deepb

I will start Rent - A - Sheep service!

By DaRuDe• 6 Jul 2010 09:15
DaRuDe

RentaCanadian.com :P

By anonymous• 6 Jul 2010 09:13
anonymous

MJ - Can we be friends? I really like your TT. LOL

By mjamille28• 6 Jul 2010 09:11
mjamille28

hmm I think they should start the same here in Qatar, seeing the number of friend-sheep requests that are being sent everyday.. :P

By SPEED• 6 Jul 2010 09:11
SPEED

lol.. no surprise :-)

By soniya• 6 Jul 2010 09:08
Rating: 4/5
soniya

NGTD, those days are not so far when we will see these products soon in near future.. he hehe

By anonymous• 6 Jul 2010 09:07
anonymous

NGTD - They are not funny but practical people.These 'service offerings' are very useful in preventing suicides etc.

By No_Good_Thing_Dies• 6 Jul 2010 09:03
No_Good_Thing_Dies

What other products are there?

Rent a mother/father..

Rent a BF/GF

Rent a bro/sister...

funny ppl

By FlyingAce• 6 Jul 2010 09:03
FlyingAce

i have my friends on ql, i don't need to go there...... :)

By anonymous• 6 Jul 2010 09:02
anonymous

That would be my option too.

By Olive• 6 Jul 2010 09:00
Olive

I don't know. I think if it came to the point that I had to rent friends, I'd just kill myself and get it over with.

By anonymous• 6 Jul 2010 08:58
Rating: 2/5
anonymous

Asif - Take it easy buddy ;)

By asif_khan• 6 Jul 2010 08:58
Rating: 4/5
asif_khan

RUBBISH!!!!!!!

By anonymous• 6 Jul 2010 08:53
Rating: 4/5
anonymous

You have the option of customizing your activities to include payment in kind.

You can take the rented friend for coffee or something.

By Formatted Soul• 6 Jul 2010 08:53
Rating: 3/5
Formatted Soul

I think many people want someone to listen to them...and nobody has time for that…it will help such people..

once they become friends...maybe they will waive the money..:)

but its hard for some ppl to make friends...if not there is no need to rent one!!

By Olive• 6 Jul 2010 08:51
Olive

Yes I'm sure you have to pay everything for that activity though. Seems an awfully great length to go to get a "friend"

By deepb• 6 Jul 2010 08:50
deepb

I feel online dating is weird itself... meh..

By anonymous• 6 Jul 2010 08:49
Rating: 5/5
anonymous

You need not necessarily pay them.

"However, it does cost you about $10 per hour but the site states “almost all of them are willing to negotiate or even waive their fees depending on the activity you are planning with them.”

By Formatted Soul• 6 Jul 2010 08:49
Formatted Soul

Cool...Olive can we start one here...people like FU would be very happy..:) lol

By soniya• 6 Jul 2010 08:49
soniya

Personally, i won't go with such offers..I am happy to be on my own..I am quite quick in making frds so i don't think this offer can do wonders in my case...

By gkramer• 6 Jul 2010 08:48
gkramer

I think I will stick to my 1-800 friends

By soniya• 6 Jul 2010 08:48
Rating: 4/5
soniya

ohhhh...great idea...But i think $10 per hour is quite expensive...

By Olive• 6 Jul 2010 08:47
Olive

Sounds pretty desperate to me. I wouldn't want to be around someone who's only with me because I'm paying them. :S

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