THERE IS A NEW BUSINESS OUT OF
BROOKLYN WHERE YOU CAN RENT A MOM.
IT IS KNOWN AS NEED A
MOM, AND ACCORDING TO THE OWNER OF THIS BUSINESS, NEED A MOM IS A
SERVICE THROUGH WHICH BUSY AND/OR EMOTIONALLY NEEDY
CUSTOMERS CAN PURCHASE, FOR FORTY DOLLARS AN HOUR, A
SHORT-TERM, TEMPORARY MOTHER.
THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE BECOME.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I FEEL SOFT WHEN IT COMES TO THIS STORY.
YOU SHOULD BE HARD WHEN IT COMES TO THIS STORY, ANA.
I'M VERY HARD RIGHT NOW.
EW, YOU ARE SO GROSS.
WHEN I READ RENT A MOM, I WAS LIKE WAIT A MINUTE.
THAT'S NOT WHAT IT'S WORTH, YOU PERV.
IT IS FOR PEOPLE WHO
MIGHT HAVE LOST THEIR MOTHERS, OR MOVED FAR AWAY FROM WHERE
THEIR FAMILY IS, AND YOU FEEL LONELY.
YOU WANT THAT PARENTAL
GUIDANCE, YOU WANT THAT ADVICE, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR MOM WITH
YOU.
IT MADE ME THINK ABOUT HOW
MUCH MY MOM MEANS TO ME, AND I CAN TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THIS
BUSINESS.
SO FAR SHE HAD ONLY HAD SIX CUSTOMERS, BUT IT COULD GROW.
HOLLYWOOD AGENTS HAVE REACHED OUT TO HER, MAYBE THEY CAN GET A TV
SHOW OUT OF IT.
OKAY, I GET WHY PEOPLE WANT IT.
IF SHE IS
CHARGING THEM FORTY DOLLARS A POP ñ SHE WILL ALSO BARTER.
IF
YOU WALK HER DOG, SHE WILL BE YOUR MOTHER FOR AN HOUR.
WHAT ELSE WILL SHE DO?
ACCOMPANY YOU TO THE GROCERY STORE AND HELP YOU COOK.
SHE HAS ALL THE BEST OF INTENTIONS, I LIKE HER
ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT.
SHE IS GOING TO A YOGA CLASS, AND ALL
THE YOUNGER WOMEN WERE BITCHING ABOUT THEIR LOVE LIFE WITH
HER, SO SHE WAS LIKE, I MIGHT AS WELL CHARGE THEM.
THAT'S NOT THE WAY SHE WAS THINKING ABOUT IT.
THERE IS A NEED, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LIVE IN A CITY LIKE NEW
YORK OR LOS ANGELES.
A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE ARE TRANSPLANTS, THEIR FAMILIES
ARE FAR AWAY AND THEY GET LONELY, THEY WANT THAT PARENTAL GUIDANCE.
I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND IT.
I GET IT TOO, YOU HAVE SOFTENED ME A LITTLE BIT.
BUT OVERALL, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE REAL PEOPLE IN YOUR
LIFE THAT DO THIS THAT DON'T CHARGE YOU FOR THE SERVICE.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE YOUR MOM, BUT THAT IS WHY WE'RE
SUPPOSED TO HAVE FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
SOME PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THAT.
I KNOW, AND THAT'S SAD, SO I FEEL BAD ABOUT MAKING FUN
OF THEM, BUT I WILL.
NO, DON'T.
BUT THE REASON WHY I SAY THIS IS, INSTEAD OF PAYING THAT
LADY TO BE YOUR SUBSTITUTE MOM, GO MAKE A FRIEND.
AND MAYBE YOUR FRIEND KNOWS HOW TO COOK, OR MAYBE YOU GUYS
CAN LEARN TOGETHER.
INTERACT WITH ANOTHER HUMAN BEING, LIKE WE USED TO.
ONCE YOU ENTER REAL ADULTHOOD, AND YOU ARENíT GOING TO
SCHOOL ANYMORE AND YOU ARE JUST SURROUNDED BY YOUR COWORKERS ALL
THE TIME, ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS TO DO IS TO BUILD REAL,
LASTING FRIENDSHIPS.
WHICH IS WHY I FEEL LUCKY THAT I LIVE
WHERE I GREW UP, BECAUSE I'M SURROUNDED WITH PEOPLE THAT I'VE
KNOWN SINCE CHILDHOOD.
MAKING FRIENDS IS DIFFICULT.
I HEAR YOU, THAT'S WHY MAYBE YOUR RENTAL MOM COULD HELP
YOU WITH THAT.
I HAVE A REAL MOM, AND SHE'S WONDERFUL.
OKAY, ALL RIGHT FINE.
ANA MAKES A GOOD POINT, SO IF YOU
NEED IT I HEAR YOU, BUT PLEASE, WORK TOWARDS GROWING OUT OF IT
SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE REAL FAMILY
AND FRIENDS HAVING YOUR BACK.
BUT THE WAY THAT WORKS IS, YOU
ALSO HAVE TO HAVE THEIR BACK.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE
TIME TO GIVE BACK TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS, YOU HAVE TO BE
REALISTIC ABOUT THAT TOO.
I'M JUST IN FAVOR OF FORMING REAL,
HUMAN BONDS.
I'M ALSO WORRIED BECAUSE OF SOME DUDES WILL
MISUNDERSTAND.
MOM?
I WILL RENT-A-MOM.
WHY DO GUYS HAVE TO RUIN EVERYTHING?
I'M A BAD MAN.