Friend rental services?,BBC

deeply feel sad...I got similar feeling someways



Ludicrous! Is it another sign of the times that we now have disposable friends?

Hugh, Taunton

Might just be a passing fad for some. Having to 'always' pick up the tab or being charged by the hour, that's just plain simple weird. I guess anything goes in this day and age. Wonder what comes next?

Eric, Manchester

Has it really come to this? Despite "social" networking, it seems that people's busy lives mean they are so likely to be unable to make and keep real friends, they have to rent someone to pretend to be their friend. A friend is someone you can confide in. Someone who gives and takes without the need for reciprocity. It's a sad day when what is given is fake friendship and what is taken is money.

James Rigby, Wickford, Essex