"Are they that lonely that they have to buy virtual girlfriends?" If you look at the advertising for some of the character sets, then that has to be the case. "Take me home tonight"; "make me yours"; and so on. Shudders, and not in a good way Although the virtual girlfriend market is a big one, I don't think many of them will be visiting this thread; and fewer still will be willing to admit to it. :) But as I said somewhere else, maybe if more of us were happy playing with virtual dolls, the world might be a better place.