Guys, ever wish you could just have a girlfriend whenever you want? For those times when it feels that all of your buddies have a girl, but you’re all alone? Soon there will be a solution – kind of.
A mysterious new website called Cloud Girlfriend (CG), serves the purpose of making it look like you have a girlfriend, but without all of the hassles of having a real relationship with a real woman.
The site has yet to launch, but users would sign up and pay a fee (yet to be determined) and define their perfect, loving, and very fake girlfriend. The site will then create her to the user’s specifications.
Specific details have not come out yet about exactly how Cloud Girlfriend will work, but the site urges visitors to register early. CG will supposedly connect with Facebook so your new girl can start writing and posting adoring things on your wall for everyone to see. If you have a Twitter account, she’ll even tweet you.
Since word got out about the website, many questions have been raised about it. People are wondering exactly how the site will work, how will it bring in revenue, and who is controlling the girlfriends. Not to mention, Cloud Girlfriend will most likely be deemed a huge violation of Facebook’s Terms of Service because creating fake profiles is strictly not allowed.
Many major details about how the site will actually work are still up in the air, largely due to the fact that co-founder David Fuhriman himself doesn’t even seem to know, seeing as he has explained very little about the site so far.
He mentioned that each Cloud Girlfriend would be controlled by a real, living person, not a robot. He also explained his idea behind the creation of the site, saying he thinks that it will help guys get actual girlfriends because of the common belief that men become more desirable to women once they are taken.
Fuhriman also believes the site has therapeutic value and can fill the psychological needs of users such as intimacy and friendship, while building self-confidence even though the relationship is completely virtual.
When asked how the site will make money and the fact that it technically does violate Facebook’s Terms of Service, Fuhriman said those were details that he couldn’t go into at that time.
Another obvious kink – what happens when your friends want to meet her? We all know what would happen; you would have to explain that she is completely virtual, risk major embarrassment, and cause all of your friends to think you’re a huge weirdo.
How does Fuhriman expect people to jump on board with his idea when he doesn’t even seem to know for sure what the main purpose of it will be or how it will all work out? Is it meant to fake companionship and fill a void or is it meant to make men seem more desirable? Both?
In time these questions are sure to be answered if and when the site actually launches and gains more media attention, but for now it seems that we will all be left in suspense, waiting to learn more about this new and very strange take on relationships.
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