Buddies for rent are at the peak of demand in Vietnam (6 photos)

More and more women are hiring a paid boyfriend to meet the expectations of strict Vietnamese relatives regarding relationships and family.





For decades, society has imposed a certain age for most things in a woman's life, such as career, marriage, and having children. Many cannot stand it, and if they cannot make their life right, then at least make it look like it is right. For money.

Why do you need a rented boyfriend

Most often, a surge in hiring occurs during the Lunar New Year in Vietnam and other family holidays. This is already a fairly developed market with its own profiles and hashtags to make it easier to find such a person online.



I love Vietnam for cheap fruits and motorcycles, I don't like it for the Vietnamese language

They are usually hired by women who have not had a relationship for more than a year. This is not done for their own pleasure, to feel like they are on a date or to receive compliments. But strictly with one goal - so that parents and grandmothers stop putting moral pressure on them.

How to be a guy for hire

This service is long-term, and therefore a little mean. In order for a girl to trust him, a rental guy should go with her to several family gatherings, and also learn a few facts about her. So that it looks like they really know each other.





Advertisement of a guy who offers himself as a rental guy on social networks

That is, "don't change horses in midstream", in this case - guys. And after several dates, such a rental guy can start demanding a higher rate. After all, it is easier for a woman to pay than to explain to her family that she broke up with her fiancé. Again.

Then she will get even more lectures for not being able to maintain the relationship. Generally, Vietnamese families are friendly, but very oppressive with grandchildren, say thank you if it is not like that in yours!

Is this a gigolo?



It used to be worse, they hired fake husbands if they wanted to have a child for themselves

Vietnamese guys invest a lot in their appearance to be on the rental groom market. After all, the competition is high, if you pay anyway, why not nag your neighbor by saying that your boyfriend is a hot handsome guy?

Usually these are guys aged 25-33. There are no young people in this business, according to Vietnamese tradition, the best age difference between husband and wife is considered to be five years. So no one hires young people, but there are single girls aged 25 and up.



You also need to take a lot of photos in different clothes to keep up the "masquerade" longer

Prices for a coffee date or shopping trip start from several hundred thousand Vietnamese dong, and family gatherings cost about 1 million Vietnamese dong. At the same time, no unnecessary touching or demands for more - strictly by agreement!

Why is this boom happening in Vietnam?



Vietnam still accepts really big families, if you don't have one, you're broken

Because it very clearly reflects the cultural emphasis on marriage in Vietnam. Here, parents often equate the status of their unmarried children with failure in upbringing. Such children are "failures". Plus, the pressure is fueled by their desire to have grandchildren while they can still help raise them.

Do you think it's even possible for this to become a trend here, like in Vietnam? Or are our women not ready to pay a man for something like this?