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Two girls, one season create a ‘holidating’ trend
Dec 8, 2011, 11:42 AM | Updated: Dec 9, 2011, 7:34 am
 Two Girls have been posting interesting application emails to their tumblr page, like this one. |
It’s the time of year where you snuggle up by the fire to keep warm with a loved one, introduce your new beau to your work colleagues, take that special someone to a white elephant gift exchange, share a laugh, and generally enjoy that you have eye-candy on your arm.
Unless you don’t because you’re single.
That’s where two “awesome girls” stepped in and created an ad to find holidates: Dates strictly for the holidays.
The girls have stated their cause on a tumblr blog. They’re hoping to get responses from real candidates in time for the holiday season.
Here are their rules: They need two guys – preferably in a “bromance,” to match their “womance.” The love is fake, the relationship is designed to make everyone around them jealous. Men 24-32 years old who have a sweater collection can apply with a proper email and some photos that show off their dashing looks. The men also must be funny – charm, compliments are also acceptable, but funnier is more important than everything else.
What may be the most important rule: The day after New Years, these girls will dump their holidates.
The gals keep their anonymity – they do say on their website that they could have easily been cast in a CW television show, but they leave it that. They’re just workaholics too busy to find a full time BF. Meaning that there holidates could truly fool those around them all the way to the end of the season.
The girls say they’ve received applications from the charming and creepy, alike. They’re now in the interviewing process.
They won’t have hard feelings if you, single person out there, decide to steal their idea. On their Twitter page, they’re even giving out tips for Holidating, like “We buy all of our outfits in red. Multipurpose for Christmas and Valentines” or “We can get a pet goldfish together. Or a really, really old cat.”
Now get holidating; your office Christmas party is just around the corner.
