In an ad posted on week ago on popular website Craigslist a 28-year old man who lists himself as an active, easy on the eyes small business owner is saying he needs a girl, but not for forever, just for the holidays.

Let me be clear. I want a girlfriend. But, I don’t really want a girlfriend.

I just want one for the holidays.

Let’s recognize something. The holidays suck, especially for us single people. All of your coupled friends are going to be doing couple things: snuggling by the fire, going to dinner at each others’ parents houses, blahblahbarf.

Let’s recognize another thing. Deep down inside, you don’t want to be alone for the holidays. You want someone to do all of those cute snuggly things with, someone to get fat and keep warm next to (let’s also recognize that it’s getting fucking cold here), and someone to accompany you to your friends’ coupley holiday parties so they don’t keep thinking you’re a loser destined for permanent solo status.

But, you’ve spent all year working on your career / training for charity bike rides / getting drunk and haven’t had the time or inclination to track down and capture a boyfriend. And even if you did, you’re not really sure you’d want to keep him after the holidays are over, anyway.

The solution:
Be my girlfriend for the holidays. And only for the holidays.

Well you know he’s pretty clever.  All you have to do to take advantage of this opportunity of a lifetime is to submit a photo and 250 word paragraph.  Who would do this?

SF Weekly

Tagged as: Craigslist, Date, Holiday, Viral