![]() So Chloe turns to the company, Rent for Your ’Rents, to hire someone to pose as her boyfriend. She also wants to thwart her parents’ plans for her to marry chauvinistic Hongbo Kuo, the son of wealthy family friends. ![]() In Rent a Boyfriend, a bubbly romantic comedy, Chloe Wang doesn’t just want to drive her own romantic narrative. The practice of renting a boyfriend may raise eyebrows in the US, but has in recent years become something young women in Asia resort to in order to avoid the usual barrage of personal questions from relatives during family holidays like the Lunar New Year. As Chloe Wang prepares to leave her University of Chicago campus for a long Thanksgiving break back home in California, she packs a suitcase, turns in her assignments, and hires a fake boyfriend to join her family’s holiday celebration. ![]()
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