Surprising: This website allows you to rent a friend on per hour basis!

At first, I didn’t know how to react to this! Let me just spill the beans here. Recently, I learned about this friendship website where one can rent a friend on per hour basis! Yes, at first it was a bit shocking for me to learn about a service like this but then, after long hours of pondering and a little research, it kind of made sense. Because, in the present times, people are busy and do not really have the time, or people with no friends, these kinds of services can really help.

Rentafriend.com, as they make it very clear, is NOT a dating website, and NOT an Escort agency. It is a pure friendship website where one can hire a friend of similar interest to hang out with. This website can be really helpful for those who have moved to a new town and need a local to guide them through! You can rent a friend as a yoga class companion, or to try out that new restaurant or for going to the movies. It is as simple as that!

You can rent a friend to go for shopping or just be there to share your thoughts, for as low as $ 10 per hour!

Considering the existing and successful run of these websites also pinches me a little. Wondering what is the state of urban youth/people today that they do not even have real friends to talk to! But, on the contrary, while I understand the situation of modern times, it is absolutely a great service and helps people with their daily endeavours.

Any thoughts to share on this…will be highly appreciated. 🙂 Do comment below and let me know… I love to read your responses!

Here, I have a few interesting testimonials of the people who have used the services from their website:

“I’m a movie fanatic. I try to catch every movie that comes out in theaters, but I don’t like going by myself. I want someone there with me who can enjoy the movie, then catch a bite to eat afterwards to talk about it. RentAFriend.com is great for me. I know have an endless supply of people to contact to go with me to the movies night or day. Thank you!”

“I belong to a gym here in my town that costs $30 a month. The problem is I have zero motivation to work out. I wanted to hire a personal trainer but they charged $35 an hour at my gym. All of my friends have busy schedules and the other half don’t like to work out. I searched on RentAfriend.com for workout buddies and found a guy from my town. After talking with him I told him I’d pay his gym membership he if would train with me 3 days a week. He thought it was a fair trade. Now I go to the gym 3 days a week for an hour each day and I have someone there to spot me, and motivate me to work out. It’s a fantastic deal! I get my own trainer, and he gets a free membership to a gym. We couldn’t be happier.”

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