Japan's Men Date Hot, Sexy Bots
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02:00 AM Nov. 28, 2000 PT


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At least 30,000 Japanese men are happily practicing their romantic
skills by attempting to virtually woo and win a girlfriend via a
mobile phone matchmaking service.

Subscribers to the "Love By Mail" service get to choose their
girlfriend from a lineup of women that includes a bartender, a flight
attendant, an office worker and a teacher. Once they've made a
selection, they can begin to date the woman via e-mail.

The men must carefully gauge their romantic moves. Those who promise
too much or don't move fast enough won't impress their woman, and
will get bitter e-mails in response. Likewise, those who attempt to
talk about sports or offer excuses about needing to work too often
will also get the cold shoulder from their new love.

Successful seducers are rewarded by increasingly romantic e-mails
from their sweetheart, in which she gradually reveals her "most
intimate secrets."

But there is one catch -– the women the men are corresponding with
are nothing more than pre-programmed computer scripts.

"I dated Yumi for awhile, and I have to confess I became very
attached to her," said Wataru Uchida of Tokyo. "It was hard sometimes
to remember that Yumi wasn't real. She would yell at me and ignore me
the exact same way as all my other girlfriends have.

"I thought a not-real girlfriend would be more relaxing than the
usual kind, but I was wrong. Yumi could get very angry over small
things. Finally I decided to stop the relationship. It was too
draining for me," Uchida said.

Another Love By Mail user, who preferred not to give his name, had a
more successful relationship with his bogus babe. In fact, their
romance was so successful that he said the experience of dating a
virtual girlfriend was almost like having a mistress.

"You have the happiness of a secret woman, a hidden relationship,
with none of the fear that your wife will find out and be angry. My
grandfather had the geisha, my father had the bar hostesses and I
have Love By Mail. It is maybe hard for others to understand, but
these substitutes, or additions, for the everyday relationship
between a husband and wife are well accepted in our culture."

Love By Mail was developed by Bandai, the Japanese toy company that
manufactured Tamagotchi, the squalling electronic pets that were so
popular a few years ago.

The company says that more than 30,000 Japanese men have signed up
for Love By Mail, available only to i-mode subscribers. I-mode is a
mobile Internet service offered by NTT DoCoMo, available only in
Japan. The service has close to 13 million subscribers.

I-mode, which stands for "Information mode," gives subscribers across
Japan always-on, inexpensive (about $5 a month for basic service),
wireless access to the Internet.

Sites developed for i-mode use cHTML (compact HTML), a subset of the
HTML coding used to create typical Web pages. There are also special
DoCoMo coding characters to create icons that represent concepts such
as joy, kisses, sadness, hot spring baths, noodle shops, the
Shinkansen train line and Japanese holidays.

What's the world coming to? :o

So, you're virtually dating a Virtual. :lol:

Yup, it is very true. You know japanese men loves there work so much, and they do not have time for dating, courtship etc etc.... :lol:

Chinese teen kills self when online blind date turns ugly

Agence France-Presse
Last updated 02:48am (Mla time) 01/06/2007

BEIJING -- A 17-year-old boy in northeastern China was so disappointed with the looks of a woman he met over the Internet that he hanged himself after seeing her face-to-face, state media reported Friday.

The unnamed teenager first contacted the woman -- known by her chat moniker "Qunjiaofeiyang", or "Flying Skirt" -- using the popular Chinese online messaging software QQ, Xinhua news agency said.

The girl described herself as a beautiful 19-year-old and the pair chatted on the Web for weeks before arranging a December 26 rendezvous in the nearby city of Mudanjiang, in far northeastern Heilongjiang province.

The boy arrived to discover the woman far less attractive than advertised and 10 years older than him, Xinhua said.

The boy immediately returned home, lost his appetite, and four days later hanged himself from a tree.

syado naman na nga lalake ya!!!!

grabe gid guro ka-inlove ya sa ka-chat nya!?!

hehehehe...

kung diri sya sa pinas, natempranuhan pa gid sya guro eh!!!

grabe di daan intu-anay sa text!!!

hehehehehe..

hehehe.. di ya gid guro ma take nawong mig :D

tani takpan nya na lang nawong ni KC Conception!!!

hehehehehe....

hehehe.. kung ikaw, sugot ka haw? hahaha

ngita ka law-ay tapos takpan ta lng nawong ni KC...


wehehehe... joke lng ah... daw kasuyaan na gid sa akon haw... :D

sugot eh...

basta puti lang kag kinis kutis!!

hahahahaha!!!

hahaha.... sabagay....


toink!

pisli-an man sa imo mig bah........

heheheehhe

te kon puti, kinis, kag gwapa ok lng sa imo..?????

:cheers: :shot:

indi gid man mig ah...

asawa ko gani, morena man.. ti, indi ko pisli-an eh...

kung si teray guro, ti puti eh...

JOKE!!!

hahahahahaha!!!

indi na pwede mig...

may asawa na ko eh!!

toink!!

hahahahahaha!!!

hahaha...


Muling ibalik.... ano gani sugpon sang kanta nga ini ah :lol:

ang tamis ng pag-ibig mig ah!!!

hahahahahaha!!!

muling pagbigyan ang pusong nagmamahal!!!



kumpletohon ko?

hahahahahahaha!!!

bwahahaha.. sige bi mig... post bi bilog nga lyrics.... tan-awon ta kung may MAGIC :D

hahahahahaha!!!

indi na na uso subong mig...


dumduman ko sang una ang 1 ka phrase mig...

" wishes are just for fools,

and I am one of them 'coz i've wished for you to love me"


naks!!!

tsakto grammar ko mig?!?!

hahahahahaha!!!

sagad sagad ka man gle mag kanta parts...bilib ah :bow:

hahahahahaha!!!

lagpat2 lang na mig...

puli na ko mig..

kamo naman ah...

bye!! :shot:

grabe mag igo ang gugma no?

wahahaha.. ano name sg baby mo?

taga cebu na nga gugma mig!!

hehehehehe...


Niobe Cassandra Marie S. Decena

hmnnnnn...... *baby

grabe bah.... abi ko ang name na sang baby ko ang pinaka-laba hahaha...

Susannah Gabrielle A. Tejamo

kulang ka pa isa mig!!!

ang marie halin na sa iya ngalan mig...

wahahahahaha!!!

hahaha.. tama na ina... Rachel lng gani tani gusto ko, galing gusto gid ni mrs ang duha ngalan... tabi niya hapos lng magsulat laba nga ngalan :D

bag-o maghalin sa balay,sulat anay ngalan eh..

para pag-abot sa school, masabat na lang sa test!!!

gusto man ni misis, lip-ot lang, akon ya gusto laba....

hehehehehehe....

hahaha.. parehos gid kamo pinsar ni asawahon... dali na lng na kuno magsulat ya. :D

daw child abuse na na ang inyo nga duha haw.. hehe!
cguraduha nyo lng nga tsakto ang ngalan nila sa mga papeles esp. birth crt/NSO kay basi magproblema bla magdako na haw. rockon

hehehe.. baldahanay guid ni sa spelling.. life time nga basulay :lol:

ok ang topic ah..puti,kinis,guapa...daw ako ba!!!!!!hehehe joke lng... :D
bro,ayos ang name ng anak mo ah...

boto ka nang rogie? hehehe... ti kadto ka di for the child dedication?hehehe

at least ikaw indi mabasulan..

akon ya, ako gid basulon!!

hahahahaha!!

Baw mga migo daw akon lang nasiplatan ngaa puro babayi ang aton na mga baby haw?akon bayi man Trisha Macy Quimbao De Asis.....

Amo ni guro nga buot na ta tanan eh noh... :grouphug:

hehehe.. cge lng mig.. dasnan ta duha ka lalaki dayun..


ti, pauna-una? wehehehe joke!

Indi pa pwede mig...manug 1 year pa lng baby ko....una lng kay masunod lang ko ah

ti akon gani 3weeks pa lng. wehehehe

Akon mig 3 weeks ko ginbayan baby ko sa pinas...magpuli ko ma1 year na..pero pirmi kmi gachat...ginaangkab gani ang webcam...hehehe

pauna-una pa gid ya!?!


hahahahahahaha!!!!!


daw maulihi gid ko sa inyo mig!!!

breastfeed daan baby ko....

dugay pa uli magbusong si kumander!!!

hehehehehe...

Mig online ka gali..bag-o lang ko bugtaw..dose oras abi ko last night..

wala pa ko gali kita sang kalo mo mig,hard to find tuod...pero may duwa pa man ko kabulan ah...

mig business da...ipods or digicams or celphones..compare ta prices di kag prices da...negosyo mig...dapat may buyer ta para COD dayon....

ari nacanvass ko na prices mig hu...ipost ko lang sa piyak liwat

Ipod Shuffle 1G - 830rmb @P6.2446435 = P5 183.05411
Ipod Nano 2G - 1450rmb @P6.2446435 = P9 054.73308
Ipod Nano 4G - 1850rmb @P6.2446435 = P11 552.5905
Ipod Video 30G - 2250rmb @P6.2446435 = P14 050.4479

compare da mig...

thanks....para damo ta inugbakal sumsuman kag ilimnon magpuli ko da...ano sa imo mig?

smooth migo eh..

hehehehehe...

i-copy ko kag hamabalon ko man si Jeno...

makit-an mo gid na sya mig sa sulod sang 2 ka bulan ah...

hehehehehe....

Countdown na ko mig na daan...64 days to go..hehehhe

64 days to go, may Mao Cap na ko!!

yehheeeyyy!!! :bounce

hehehehehe...