Hire A Girlfriend To Stop Your Parents Nagging

[matcom]

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AGENCIES in China's Chengdu city are offering rented girlfriends to bachelors who need someone to show off to relatives during the coming Chinese Lunar New Year, state press reported today.

"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 ($46) a day, one-third of may Chinese workers' monthly salary, the paper reported.

A man named Yue, 31, said he planned to rent someone to take home because his parents were nagging him to find a "nice girl and raise their grandchildren".

Although Yue was "just trying to be a good son", civil affairs officials and sociologists have come out firmly against such services, the paper said.

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11858390%255E13762,00.html

[foxy]

1. $46 a day?

What all does she do for this amount. How convincing will she be?

[Orsino]

2. Do They Rent Presidents, Too?

We've got an Inauguration coming up, and I for one wouldn't want to be embarrased in front of the whole world. You *know* how Old Europe nags.