A 29-year old Alabama man is paying anyone who can find him a girlfriend $10,000.

This sounds like it would be a joke, but it's actually 100% serious. Ren Lu You has set up a website where people can submit their friends and family members to go out on a date with him. If the relationship lasts more than 6 months, the person who referred the date will get $10,000 cash.

You got the idea after moving to Birmingham and going on a string of dates that led nowhere. He then began brainstorming ideas that might help improve the dating process.

From there the website DateRen.com was born, and it seems as though it may actually work.

The website has been up a week and the website has seen a lot of traffic, with many submissions. You has even begun to go out on a few dates and has more scheduled for the future.

Some people may say that he's crazy to offer cash in exchange for a girlfriend, but he points out that people pay much more for things far less important than love. His ultimate goal is just to find someone great to call his girlfriend, and here's to hoping that he does just that!

Contributor: Mariah Terry

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