People’s Daily<\/a>, rent-a-boyfriends must be hired for a minimum of three days and offer a range of services including dinner (50 yuan, approximately \u00a35) and shopping trips (30 yuan, approximately \u00a33), on top of their 30 yuan hourly fee.<\/p>\nOther services include seeing a film, although you will have to pay double if the movie is a thriller, and a 50 yuan peck on the lips, although hand-holding and a goodbye kiss on the cheek or forehead are free.<\/p>\n
Chinese women in particular still face enormous parental pressure to meet a suitable man and rather than face a barrage of questions from nosy relatives, hire their men instead.<\/p>\n
Typically, the pair will exchange photos and will have a rehearsal before going ahead with the rental.<\/p>\n
Despite the detailed list of services and attempts – on both sides – to keep relations professional, some of the rent-a-boyfriends admit that it can, at times, be difficult.<\/p>\n
‘It all depends on how you look at it,’ says another fake boyfriend, 26-year-old Xu Li from Yancheng City.<\/p>\n
‘If you look at it as a business, then it\u2019s much easier.’<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Meeting someone new isn’t always the easiest of tasks, so spare a thought for China’s young women who face intense parental pressure to find the right man.<\/p>\n