Hundreds of thousands of won for "fake" and "hiring handsome lovers" and "proud parents"
Dec 02, 2024
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This is to resolve the conflict with parents who rush marriage.
According to Hong Kong media South China Morning Post, companies that provide paid partner services in Vietnam are thriving. A site with more than 20,000 members said the number of women using boyfriend services to reassure their parents is increasing rapidly recently.
Mintu, 30, who lives in the northern Vietnamese province of Namdin, has been solo for five years due to work.
Her parents pressured her to come home on the Lunar New Year holiday only when she had a boyfriend, and even pretended to be sick in hopes of her grandchild.
In response, Tu hired a man five years older as his boyfriend. The cost was millions of dongs (hundreds of thousands of won).
The two spoke by sharing family circumstances and family stories and met frequently for a week, forming an 'emotional bond'.
This man, a construction engineer, was a good cook and had a lot of knowledge of wine.
Tu, who visited his hometown with a man, said "It's been a long time since I saw my parents proud of me and happy" expressed satisfaction.
Likewise, Khan Ng-ok, 33, who has never been in a relationship, rented a handsome boyfriend four years younger than himself.
She also visited the house with her boyfriend 'fake' and later said her relationship with her parents improved.
Meanwhile, Hui Tuan, a 25-year-old man living in Hanoi, has been acting as a 'fake boyfriend' for several female customers for more than a year.
He "You usually have to go to the gym, sing, cook, take pictures, and hone your conversation skills to meet the expectations of many customers.", he explained.
He only accepts three to four customers a month for better service.
Coffee dates and shopping costs hundreds of thousands of dongs (tens of thousands of won) for two hours, and family gatherings are about 1 million dongs (about 55,000 won).
Lease agreements generally include strict conditions such as prohibiting emotional intervention and sexual harassment.
Experts warn that such agency services can fall into dangerous situations.
Nguyen Tan Ngah, a researcher at the Vietnam Academy of Journalism and Communication, said "If families find out about this, they can suffer serious emotional damage and lose trust. In addition, in Vietnam, lover acting services are not legally protected, so women should be particularly careful," he stressed.
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