Woman hires boyfriend online to please mother
A 26-year-old woman in Beijing is recruiting a man to be her temporary boyfriend from the biggest global Chinese online community, in order to stop her mother bringing her back to their hometown.
The woman, who wished to be identified as Vivian, is from Guizhou Province. She posted her message on www.tianya.cn, the most popular Chinese online community, last Tuesday, saying she needed a man to pretend to be her boyfriend when her mother visited her in Beijing on Thursday.
"I will pay 100 yuan per day, excluding bills," Vivian wrote online. "You should look over 30, and make my mother feel secure about the relationship. You should have a stable job, such as a public servant, or at least be able to pretend that to my mother when we meet. It is better you have a car and an apartment."
