would you pay for a friend?

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i would. and i really dont see anything wrong with it, nothing too serious of course but just someone to hang out with or whatever

and please dont tell me you'd never do it because you arent that desperate and its pathetic to pay for freindship. if thats your view dont reply

how would you go about getting this all started? i dont know if im really picky about friendship or cautious. obviously i dont want to be friends with crazy dramatic people so i think thats why

Well, if you have to pay them, they are not truely your friend, they are just hanging out with you because you give them money. It is good to have even just one real, true friend you can go to for help.

I suppose it's possible to pay for companionship, or a partner for specific events/occasions (such as people do with personal trainers who are essentially experienced workout buddies) but I think the concept of friendship is something that has to be earned and developed on its own.

An analogy would be a prostitute. You can pay for sex, but not love.

it still wouldnt bother me, even if they werent really my friend, or reciving money to "play the role of my friend"

i guess as soon as they build a robot with human capacity the better it will be for me

A paid friend? Aren't they called therapists?

Depending on how convincing a 'friend' you needed, you might require someone with good acting skills - or someone training to be an actor (maybe this could be free, as you would be helping them?)

In the UK there are actually 'befriending' schemes where volunteers basically do what your suggesting for free. So you could check the mental health & social-services etc to see if such a network exists locally. Actually, you could just become a volunteer yourself...

In my schooldays this sort of thing was known as a "Protection Racket".

No way... ill just keep digging till i find friends who are suitable...

fine, suit yourself... oops, I replied.( crossing out the word pathetic, mind you. As I did it once, and regreted it.)

Many of us already do this, we call them counselers/ therapists/ shrinks.

tell me about it... but my counselor comes for free... she writes off the co pay too

nice having a counselor come out to the house

Er... no. I'm not paying anyone to be my friend. I may need some assistance later in life but that's a different kettle of fish. There's plenty of people that I can talk to right here through my keyboard anyway.

Hmmmm..... no I'd never pay for a friend and heres why

1. I dont like to spend money

2. Im not a big fan of people

3. Im just fine on my own

4 And if im bored I can just go to the local games club and play some WoW cards magic cards or get in a game of warmachine...... tho i've not been in almost 6 weeks just not in the mood

5. Or even the local Games Workshop....... but I dont go there much to many little kids..... is it just me or are little kids starting to look younger.... like I see some of them saying they are 11-13 but the look like they are 6-8

(Hmmmm 5 got abit off topic)


6. Feel this has to be said again I dont like to spend money

7. and the whole paying for a friend thing just seems abit odd to me...... like they arnt rly your friend..... they just want your money

But anyways........ if you think its a good thing and it makes you happy i'd say go for it

Tho I dont know how you would go about it

That would be my definition of a paid friend!

No, I wouldn't because I don't need a babysitter for a friend. I understand how you feel, it's tough being friendless. However there are people out there that want to be friends with you without you paying them! (I was friendless for 7 years and found a group of people I really like last year)

If you're lonely, I don't see anything wrong with paying someone to hang out with you. I think therapists are a bad idea. They're very expensive and all you can do with them is talk.

Here are suggestions I thought of that are free
* Get your phonebook and look for Rec Centers or YMCAs and play pool, ping pong, basketball, or whatever else they have with someone there

* If you're okay with religion, you can go to a large church and sign up for bible study groups and other activities. If you're under 18, youth groups are great.

* You could meet people online at http://secondlife.com/ (if you're 18+) or http://teen.secondlife.com/ (if you're 13-17)

* If you're 18 or older, you can go to http://www.craigslist.org/ and create a post asking for a running partner, workout partner, videogame partner, or just a friend. You have to be careful meeting people online. Ask people to e-mail you a pic, chat with them before you meet, and make sure you meet in a public place first like the mall. I haven't tried this yet but I thought about it. Don't mention you want to pay for friendship or people will probably take advantage of you.