I've read that rent-a-family is a normalized service in Japan, I don't know if that's a common rental there. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rental_family_servic

I've read that rent-a-family is a normalized service in Japan, I don't know if that's a common rental there. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rental_family_service https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rental_family_service This makes me think that humans don't crave actual emotional ties and connection as much as the appearance of one. That is, they are not paying for love and kinship, just the ritual of it, which maybe all we have to go on. "There's no such thing as love, only proof of love." Come to think of it, I think there's an east Asian tradition of hiring mourners to follow the funeral procession of the deceased, and the expected crying and expressions of grief. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_mourning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_mourning