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[noahgibbs]

Some things are just deeply sad. Not that such things are offered, but that they're (presumably) purchased.

I hope never to find out what percentage of those offering the service are basically what they seem to be. I'd be depressed.

(Stolen from wetheril)

Comments

[shannon_a]

Gah.

[warsop.livejournal.com]

*blink*
*blink*

I have to admit that I'm more than a little tempted to bid in one of these auctions and set up one of my co-workers who's always bitching that he needs a woman.

[miss-mimsy.livejournal.com]

Wow that is sad. Though damned inventive way to get bidders, I would say.

Virtual Girlfriend

[kraydon.livejournal.com]

I'm just amused by it.

And who knows. Maybe there are guys in remote locations that don't actually *want* all the hassles that go with a real relationship. And getting some mail and some pictures fulfills a need for a bit.

Not everyone is as suave as you.

Re: Virtual Girlfriend

[angelbob.livejournal.com]

Heh. Dunno. In the absence of a girlfriend, a virtual girlfriend would definitely not rate "better than nothing".

And that's ignoring any shame I might feel about purchasing the service in the first place :-)

Re: Virtual Girlfriend

[cortneyofeden.livejournal.com]

Yay blue dog. :)

Now back to your regularly scheduled angelbob...

[happysteve.livejournal.com]

Collect them all! Mine are still in their original packaging.

[angelbob.livejournal.com]

I've been reading Sexy Losers (formerly Thin H Line) recently enough to find that really disturbing.

[phoenixparkle.livejournal.com]

heheh

"You know you have a great wife when she's been dead for five years and still can turn your crank"

[griffjon.livejournal.com]

it's like cyber-prostitution, which I imagine is like a hollow, souless version of cybersex with someone you've been IM'ing with. and that's pretty hollow and sad by itself...

[tsgeisel.livejournal.com]

And only 7 matches for "imaginary boyfriend".

Are women less desperate? Or guys just less inventive? Or what.

The mind boggles (or scrabbles, or word-searches)...

[angelbob.livejournal.com]

I think there's a lot less demand for the male equivalent. That's one reason that male prostitutes don't do better -- apparently there's just no significant market.

I realize this isn't the same as prostitution, but I think some of the same social pressures apply.

[random-vamp.livejournal.com]

When I saw one of the first of these a couple months ago, I thought "Wow, someone could almost make a living off of something like this". And like phone sex lines, the reality doesn't need to be anything like whats being presented...

So . . .

[jd5p.livejournal.com]

The intruiging question would be, what if the seller doesn't follow through? What if the "girlfriend" wants to break up with you before your paid for time? What avenues are available to you? Does Ebay get involved in slamming the user profile? Bear in mind I didn't read any of the details of any of the "items for sale" so I don't know if this is covered.

[generalist.livejournal.com]

Hi!

Funny, I don't think it's sad at all. We pay to buy books to enter fictional worlds; we pay to watch movies to enter fictional worlds; we even pay for participatory dinner theater, in which we enter firctional worlds closer to our own.

How is this so different than dinner theater? You pay, you are entertained, for a while you get to pretend (with some outside help) that the world is different than it is. I guess to me it just looks like very-personalized entertainment. Would it be wrong, or sad, to hire someone to write a novel just for you?

-(Cheers) generalist

[angelbob.livejournal.com]

That'd depend on the novel :-)