If you were to rent a family, (if yours is dead, or just sucks), how much would you be willing to pay per month?

I would go for the free subscription, with the tailored ads.

I just mentioned this to somebody. I’d be all for it.

$1000/mo is my first offer.

I don’t know. Do they take Midas muffler points?

Were you by chance watching the awful Christmas film “Surviving Christmas”, starring Ben Affleck? If not, then this is a really funny coincidence

I liked the dad the best. Too funny.

Paying for a family, specifically a mom or dad or sibling, seems very weird, but paying to have people around, or someone to talk to maybe isn’t so weird. Loneliness is a killer. People pay therapists, go shopping, use Facebook and fluther, for human interaction. Less weird might be joining in on a family, but not actually appointing them specific roles that are make believe.

Where I live it’s over 55 and people volunteer to teach activities and lead discussions, and I think they should take the model to multi-age communities to help fight loneliness.

Honestly, you might ask me how much I would pay per month not to have a family, and there are days when I would be able to name a figure.