Rent a friend

Is true friendship extinct? Lonely New Yorkers are using rent-a-friend escort agencies to find people to go shopping or have coffee with. At http://www.rentafriend.com/ you can hire a person for purely platonic purposes. The site sas more than 200,000 people on its database who are either looking for or hiring themselves out as temporary friends.

And according to a Newspoll in Sun Herald 75 % of Australian pet owners believe their pets understand them better than their friends. 61 % of women admin to ”talking things over” with a pet.

I think it is a matter of trying to gain control, and to avoid being hurt. True relationships go deeper, and affects you. Maybe we don´t want that anymore?