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Hiring Friends! Have you heard of that agency in England, which has a site over the net, and specialized in providing you with friends upon demand for approx. 10 $ per hour?  yes. it is not a joke, it is true! Those of you who don't have friends, can now hire a friend!  While I was listening to th BBC program about this British agency and those who hire friends, I laughed at the idea! felt sad after a little while, but even terrified by the idea at the end!  I read in the past that one of the definition for a human being, that he is "a social creature"! meaning, we, human beings differ from other creatures by being sociable and live in groups of which have the same history, language, belief, race, color, habits and even life style! outside this community, it is defined as an outsider, if you insist on being on your own! It is just against the nature of human beings to be alone, and/or lonely to the extent that you pay money per hour in order to rent a friend!  came to my mind, that in case such people exist, they must be not really normal people, and they form a "sick" cases! but it made me re-realize, what I used to tell my friends, that even i am not that rich "financially" but i am super "rich" by the number of friends I have, here, there, and everywhere! I don't remember traveling to any foreign country without having some body there to call and say hello, or meet over a coffee or even a dinner, or sometimes tour that country together! And I felt really blissed and blessed for that huge number of friends I have! Even those friends I have on the internet, whom I meet whenever I am online and never met them in person, are still considered an essential part of my real community! I feel for them, i care about them, I ask frequently about how they are, and I do miss them when i don't hear from them for long! What is happening to our human community? did we really reach the stage of so damaged spirited humanity, that we need to hire friends, exactly like when someone looks for a for a short time, just to evacuate his load?!  |
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8/18/2010 6:28 am |
first i have to laugh...then laugh some more...then laugh harder after reading this sulei!! i have never heard of this. yeah! exactly!! what is happening to our human community?? this is sad...pathetic even! i would rather die alone and lonely than pay someone to be my friend. 
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8/18/2010 6:35 am |
i hate people as a rule eric the phantom(of the opera) said and i could understand but not to the extent of hiring someone i am not even sure if i will take it even for free you never know these days only dead fish go with the flow ~ JolieLaide
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first i have to laugh...then laugh some more...then laugh harder after reading this sulei!! i have never heard of this. yeah! exactly!! what is happening to our human community?? this is sad...pathetic even! i would rather die alone and lonely than pay someone to be my friend. with days, a good friend will be a real hard currency! friendship is a mutual interest, capabilities, qualities and morality too! So, how can one "buy" these with money?
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i hate people as a rule eric the phantom(of the opera) said and i could understand but not to the extent of hiring someone i am not even sure if i will take it even for free you never know these days
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Mr. desert, thanks for your comment! i am well aware of the new changes in our world and it is affecting us negatively and positively as well! but human relationships cant be a "commodity"! otherwise u wont find people suffering broken hearts, and would "buy" love, or "hire" lovers!  isn't that what i referred to in my blog as a "prostitution"? noble hearts are not for sale, and our pure spirits will keep flying till they find our spirits that eager to twin with, in no-commodity-world! have a nice time bro and God bless you! 
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misskujo, I really hope it is just a "different stroke for a different folks"! good to see you here again!
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yes Roxy, we cant make the world goes anti clock wise, but we can keep our hearts full of love for our dear ones, without thinking of its price! 
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Roxy, the sad part of it is not how much we are paying, but the principal of paying for someone we just met in order to tell him/her our secrets and what is bothering us in our private life!
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8/18/2010 7:21 pm |
we can't buy friendship  love is the greatest gift of all 
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8/18/2010 8:22 pm |
Sulei, Sad. Friends offer their help and not ask for money...
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8/19/2010 9:43 am |
I think whenever money is involved....it changes the sincerity. I've heard of Brits hiring someone to rent or a buy a house to share the cost of the mortgage and living, but not as far as hire them as a friend.      within each one of us, and let it begin with me (and each one of us)..one breath at a time.
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Jo, no! it is not like someone old who is left alone and hire a nurse or someone to help or take care of him/her! here, we are talking about people who failed to have friends for a reason or another, and they call this agency to provide them with someone against a certain payment per hour, to deal with them and treat them as friends!
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we can't buy friendship
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Sulei, Sad. Friends offer their help and not ask for money...
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u r right! but wish things as easy as that! at least one would have the option to keep trying till he/she find the right one!
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yes tini, and the reason could be, that people used for gathering and reunion on such holy occasions like Christmas, but when they find out that they are all alone, they come up with the conclusion that their lives worth nothing, as such, they put an end for it!
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I think whenever money is involved....it changes the sincerity. I've heard of Brits hiring someone to rent or a buy a house to share the cost of the mortgage and living, but not as far as hire them as a friend.
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that is true, Roxy. have a nice Sunday!
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yes, logically one's mind does not accept it!
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8/29/2010 8:58 pm |
I've always thought, there is no store which sells friendship, so I was somewhat amazed when I've read this blog. Everything seems to be for sale or for rent these days, there absolutely nothing that money can't buy. Oh well, what a sad world to live in.
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