WASHINGTON – Without a partner and feeling a little lonely this holiday season? Now, there’s an app for that.
A new can offer you a little companionship in the form of text messages from a fake girlfriend.
The site, appropriately called “Fake Girlfriend,” is a free service.
Users simply send a text message to the provided phone number and within seconds a fake girlfriend responds with a loving note. An example: “I miss you, honey. Xoxo. (:”
Relationship coach Jennifer Styers that while most people probably use it for fun, there will be some out there “who would actually take the service seriously.”
“They’re not getting attention; they’re not getting text messages like everybody else. Their phone isn’t blowing up with somebody, so they, I guess, feel a need to create a girlfriend,” Styers tells CW 33 草莓传媒.
She warns that technology may be getting in the way of social interaction for those who feel lonely.
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