Would You Adopt a “Pet Boy”?
If you’re a girl looking for a man who will keep you company anytime you want, go to movies you want to see, shop with you and even take you on a romantic dinner, then you will love the recently popular South Korean trend of adopting a “Pet Boy”.
“I’m 6 ft tall guy and nice looking. Girls who would like to adopt me as your pet, please contact me.â€
Pet Boys, who are often college kids in their 20’s, find “Being someone’s pet is stress free job with no financial burden at all.â€
The idea came from a Japanese anime story that was popular about 5 years ago. It was about a business woman who always had bad luck in relationships. One day, she decided to take home a young man off the street to live with her as her pet.
The story was later made into a Japanese TV show as seen in the video below.
Last month, a local Korean TV show announced they were accepting “Pet Boy†applications and around 2,200 people applied. Even on the internet, agencies have started popping up offering “Pet Boys” services.
The trend is expected to spread throughout Asia in the near future.
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By Mui Mui on 04-06-2008
Comment by Tourex
June 4th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
“Pet boys”,is equivalent to “Rent boys” for men.As for the latter,it’s a male prostitute.It all depends on the negotiation.
Comment by Alex
June 4th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
Ladies:
I’m 6 ft tall, purebreed guy with a shiny coat and nice looking brisket. Girls who would like to adopt me as your pet, please contact me. House trained and obedient, I’m ready to bury my bone in some lucky girl’s backyard.
Comment by ?Que?
June 5th, 2008 at 12:16 am
The show is based on ‘Kimi wa Pet(to)”, pretty good manga.
Comment by crissi
June 5th, 2008 at 8:04 am
lmao… that was funny!
Comment by DARKWING DUCK
June 6th, 2008 at 9:04 am
I would rather sleep in a bunk-bed under Oprah
Comment by GrammarNazi
June 7th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
“Your” spelling is atrocious.
Comment by Jon Tripwire
June 7th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
Cool, can I adopt a Pet oriental girl? If so, I’m ALL over it!
JT
Comment by andy
June 7th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
it sounds interesting
maybe i will love it
Comment by People. . .
June 7th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
It’s “you’re” not “your”. They don’t even sound alike.
“you’re” sounds like “sewer”
“your” sounds like “oar”
Comment by leng
June 7th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
wow… sound so interesting …. but need to spend extra $ for this ‘pet boy’….
Comment by GrammarNazi
June 7th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Incorrect – you’re and your are most definitely homophones. Both rhyme with “purr” (standard), or you can also pronounce it as “oar” if you prefer. “You’re” rhyming with “sewer” is an acceptable alternative pronunciation according to M-W, but it is incorrect to say that the two do not sound alike
Comment by Good Dog
June 7th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
lmao.
Woof!
Comment by :o
June 7th, 2008 at 11:16 pm
Prostitution, all the way. If young women were doing this, they’d have to hire ‘managers’ or bodyguards.
Comment by Sun Tzu
June 7th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
You’ve confused us for people that give a shit.
Comment by linguist
June 7th, 2008 at 11:44 pm
Actually, People…, you’re wrong. You’re and your may or may not sound alike, depending on where you are from and what type of dialect you speak. You would be surprised to know that the majority of English speakers pronounce “you’re” like “oar”, where as you are the minority.
So quit with the prescriptiveness. Even though the OP was wrong, your phonetic justification is incorrect.
Comment by white people suck
June 8th, 2008 at 12:06 am
cool, can I adopt a pet white girl? pff, idiot.
Comment by ezaen
June 8th, 2008 at 1:07 am
muhahaha that funny ..lol
Comment by Bob Goodbuddy
June 8th, 2008 at 1:14 am
yes you can buy one from Ukraine for 5 American dollars
Comment by GramNaz
June 8th, 2008 at 2:10 am
>>Cool, can I adopt a Pet oriental girl?
Calling an asian person “Oriental” is like calling a black person “colored.”
Comment by Flibble
June 8th, 2008 at 2:18 am
Which is correct and not at all racist.
Comment by friend credit
June 8th, 2008 at 5:18 am
Woof!
Comment by Feureau
June 8th, 2008 at 5:24 am
This sounds like fun for a job though. You can sleep all day and she’ll take you to the theater on weekends and for a change, the girl will ask for sex.
Where can I sign up?
Comment by holly`
June 8th, 2008 at 5:43 am
yea, they’re called pimps.
Comment by inos
June 8th, 2008 at 5:49 am
I’ll accept it as long as she let me play WoW from time to time!?
Comment by Jackson
June 8th, 2008 at 6:29 am
I think you are dating the wrong girl if they don’t let you play wow.
Be a strong man, lead a balanced life, don’t live the life the girl wants you to. Be yourself, or you’ll find out that in 30 years time that you lived -her- life and not your own.
Comment by Suku
June 8th, 2008 at 7:52 am
OMG this is why I love Digg!
Wait this isn’t Digg.
Adopt me Today!
Comment by Jacob
June 8th, 2008 at 8:32 am
>> “you’re†sounds like “sewer
I take it you speak British english then?
In US or “American” English they sound exactly alike.
Comment by Mike
June 8th, 2008 at 8:34 am
Seeing as Black isn’t a color but a shade, it isn’t correct.
Comment by rymes
June 8th, 2008 at 9:52 am
Kimi wa Petto was a really good series though. :\
Comment by Spike
June 8th, 2008 at 10:40 am
Calling a colored person “black” is like calling an oriental person “yellow.”
Comment by Mike Jone
June 8th, 2008 at 11:05 am
The wise words of a virgin WoW addict
Comment by Tina
June 8th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Alex, that was lame. It doesn’t matter if you’re ready to bury your bone or not, we decide if, when, and how any bone burying will be done. If you’re not ready when we are, then you’ll be discarded for someone who is.
No wonder you’re available.
Comment by Dan
June 8th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
stfu ho
Comment by Ria
June 8th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
Man, I wish they had something like this going on over here in the U.S. What I wouldn’t give for a nice, smart, good-looking asian bf lol ^.^;; I think this is pretty hillarious really, but it sounds like it’d be a fun job to have =]
Comment by Tsang
June 8th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
You guys are funny. There’s a lot more to Asian girls than you think from reading manga or watching TV (and they can be quite a bit more trouble.) Silly white kids.
BTW: My father did call himself yellow to point out that we were not the same as whites (Chinese are actually quite racist but just won’t say it to outsiders.) As an american born chinese, I personally don’t care if you say oriental, chinese or yellow. Only white people seem to get upset over those. What I don’t like and do find racist is Chink.
Comment by Josh
June 8th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
Pfft whats your problem you angry lesbian?
Comment by Anonymous
June 9th, 2008 at 10:42 am
Technically speaking Black is all colors (in pigment) and the absence of color (in light).
Comment by Emiko
June 9th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
Actually, there may be many who are misunderstanding the situation. In the TV drama, she specifically explained many rules that he had to follow in order for him to be her pet. He was to sleep in his own place, no sex, and she would make his meals. In many of the episodes she really did treat him like a dog. She was even reluctant to give him a bath, but he insisted.
In the end, they end up in a relationship, and he goes from being a pet to something more. I’m not sure if the south Korean pet is also involved in sexual relations, but in the TV drama there was no kissing or sex or any type of physical relation.
Comment by gb
June 10th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
waitaminute, she gave him a bath? hell ya!
seriously though, look at it realistically, not a lot of hot women who look like that would be interested, if they are, man, there’s going to be some really twisted crap she’ll inflict on you – most likely you’d get a fat “man hating” woman who’ll kick you for the hell of it.
Comment by Megan
June 10th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
dude the kid was freakin joking lighten up. youre so awesome. Alex i thought it was funny, you can bury your bone in my backard hahaha jk but it was really funny
Comment by Chris
June 10th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
@Tina – the last girl that had that attitude with me was dumped in 2 weeks. you have to be single as well or the guy you are with is already a pet to you.
Comment by becca*
June 12th, 2008 at 6:11 am
“british english”
Sorry do you just mean ENGLISH?
There’s no such thing as ‘british english’. it’s just English… you div!
And regardless of whether they ’sound alike’ the correct way is “you’re” as in you-are.
Do you not learn grammar in ‘American’ English lessons?
Comment by eli
June 13th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
if one of the pet looks like Matsumoto Jun then sign me up =P
Comment by lineage
June 13th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
the term “colored” IS referred to black people in a more polite way. If anyone is curious, the correct term to be used is “people of color” which is used to describe people that are non-white. I cannot speak on the behalf of other people if they do get offended with the term “black” but as an Asian I find a bit offensive to be referred to as “Oriental” when first off that word is used to describe objects such as rugs or vases.
Comment by Jessi
June 15th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
I agree that it depends on where you’re from. There IS a difference between British and American English. Like color and colour…some words are pronounced and spelled differently…some words have completely different meanings…such as pudding. Not that it matters or means that either one of them are wrong, better, or any of the above…it just is as it is. Who bleeping cares as long as the message gets across? Lots of people make the you’re/your mistake…and anyone who feels the need to publicly call someone on it…well, they wouldn’t be able to understand what that says about them.
Comment by me
June 19th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
we dont speak english we spean american. we dont call an elevator a lift or a toilet the lou. ya uncultured boob. and there is not a hypen in you are its two seperate words. ignoramus
Comment by Joe
June 23rd, 2008 at 6:17 am
I teach ESL in Manhattan and I find Korean men/students to be total pussies.
Whipped, skinny, arrogant and totally ridiculous.
Comment by Anonymous
June 30th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Even better: Russian mail-order bride.
Comment by Anonymous
June 30th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Hahah. I love my imagination; I totally pictured what you said and it was great. Hey, I’m an attractive girl and I’d adopt a pet boy for a day. I wouldn’t sleep with him but it’d be nice to have someone to abuse and take Facebook pictures with. Trust me, I think a lot of pretty girls will adopt pet boys.. just because some girls are pretty doesn’t mean they have an amazing love life. Waaaah. One is the loneliest number~
Comment by Adam
July 26th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
‘Me’ You speak English?
Comment by Nabeel
August 7th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
Hi i read your comments and i am a handsome boy and i am seeking the girl
Comment by Ninjarina
August 22nd, 2008 at 6:06 pm
That’s funny, I thought most women did this for free.
“They’re like dogs. You have to clean them and feed them and they’re just like these nervous creatures that jump and slobber all over you.”
Come to think of it, an actual pet dog might be better for everyone involved b/c they’re the only ones that will love you unconditionally.
Comment by shaukat javed
September 15th, 2008 at 3:37 am
i am 19 and i am ready to be your pet and will not rush for my bone to be buried in your backyard. so relax i’ll be as obedient as u want me to be
Comment by HATER
November 30th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
Well i find you pretty GGGGAYYYYYYYYYYYYY