Telegraph: Rent a Friend for £6.50 an hour
An internet entrepreneur is making friends available for hire at an hourly rate.
… The US-based site already has around 2,000 members, each paying up to £16 a month ($25) to access the site.
When they see a friend they like the look of, they can rent them for as little as £6.50 ($10) an hour.
Rosenbaum said he wanted to "go a step back" from dating sites and offer a service that was, in the words of his website "strictly platonic".
He told The Times: "No one was offering friendship."
The service is not just about getting people to meet up for a drink or a meal. It lists a host of diverse activities that members might like to hire friends for, including "teaching manners", "snowboarding", "family functions" and just "hanging out". …
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