Hire a husband

About a year ago, I met a guy in Perth.  We have since accepted one another as friends.  During the time of our meeting, we talked and joked about an idea of "Hire a Husband" as a means to find househelp.  I didn’t know what the idea was all about; until he brought me some Western Australian newspapers classifieds section.  Inside the classifieds was a section on "Hire a Husband".

Initially, I was eagerly looking for another section on "Hire a wife"; but cannot find.  Only got "Hire a Husband".  Well, this is a househelp section where you can find someone to help you buy the groceries, fix a broken lamp, walk the dog or even to feed you if you cannot hold a spoon.  Keeping one company appear to be one of the accepted tasks too.  Sounds very professional work.

In SHC, we have some guys and gals who have raised this topic before, ie help with SHC.  Well, this is Hire a husband.  Sounds fun, eh?  Let your thoughts run wild; and once  you have an idea, share it here.  We may be able to develop this "Hire a Husband" into something worthwhile doing as we get further into our SilverHairs years.

Terence Seah 

Author: Terence Seah

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19 thoughts on “Hire a husband”

  1. Boss#1
    Apa Ma-Chiam Ini? Sounds like a Social Escort Service ….. hope that it will not be progressing into a gigolo network …
    Ya Ya Ya Tim-L, I know u r titching 2 add 2 d story line …. wat u waiting tink 4?
    Ivan

  2. Ivan-L, you not only break the silence here but drag me in (I’d have stayed out of smthg so horrifying). In deference to my butty, I’ve to say smthg horrifying too.

    Imagine someone in SHC is inspired by this thread. She puts up an advert to this effect “Looking for someone who knows how to screw real hard in my place. It’s a hard task so only those who can screw hard and is a good crew need apply. Gals, thanks for reading but no thanks.”

    Well, it could start with screrwing a foto frame onto a wall, then when she sees him so good, no sooner the man is………………………………………………………………..employed full-time to screw the 4 corners of long boxes for her gal who provides funeral services.

    Of cos if he does indeed screw very well, her imagination can run wild and she starts to fantasise and he might be offered more screwing jobs, pleasurable and not so hard ones.

    I am no guardian of morals (morass smoothening, maybe) alttho I do guard my own stintingly as there’s not much left in me to give, nay waste.

    Btw, our friend who shunned publicity and turned his back to being photographed when he was alive and kicking, must be kicking in the long box, with so big and so many of his fotos published in the newspapers.

    Well, who cares what yr wishes are when you’re dead and can bark no more. Can appoint, anoint another no more.

  3. Tim-L,
    Drag u in?…… Anh, Moh-Kum-Kong. There is a saying:

    “LxXd, lead me not into temptations …… FOR I WILL FIND IT MYSELF!!!!” Tio-bo?

    Hahahaha .. :)
    Ivan

  4. “Anh, Moh-Kum-Kong”. Ivan-L, if you’re saying it in cantonese, it has to mean “hairy King Kong”. Sure, this fella can and will definitely make a damned good husband for hire, but dunno how many gals dare hire a king kong even if the king kong says “I pay you”.

    Frisna-T, are you really serious looking to hire the hottest husband?

    Anyhow, if a woman likes it hot, trust me, try the king kong ong from hong kong who is never short but long and when he is up to his mark and hits hard, any she will start singing songs, even a straight woman becomes oblong as she cries out for tolong till she goes tau hong feeling crashing ping pongs……….

    Ivan-L, you drool…..you want huh?

  5. Tim,

    You sure know how to turn this thread into something more exciting that what I had intended it for.

    Assuming you need someone to cut a piece of wood off your kitchen top, it will cause you $150 to get the job done. But it does take some time to find someone who is willing to do so.

    Let’s say you need someone to help you with a chore eg fix a choked drainage pipe or simply do an errand for you as you may be caught with another task.. Who can you approach?

    I am sure we are all faced with many chores that we cannot handle.

    How do you handle it? Where do you look for help.

    Now Tim, Ivan, I guess offering the hottest job in town do have its niche. Well maybe a demand can be created. But how do others know you have this hot service?

    Short of word-of-mouth, where can you find a temp painter, someone to help fix a broken house fridge, etc. Surely, a fee needs to be paid, maybe not as much as a commercial or professional painter.

    Terence Seah

  6. Boss#6,
    U know I recently “FIXED” the Port-Hole where the Window Unit Type Air-Con are installed in HDB Flats? Had bought a piece of Plywood, re-seal and re-painted the whole-works on that damn port-hole myself …. it had been leaking like hell for last two years every time it rains.
    If I call the NTUC G D Man hotline ….. they will be charging me like SGD400/-
    Me do it? Plywood, sealant, brush, paint, nails, grouting cement etc = < SGD50/- but ONE problem:
    It took me about 05 – 06 days to get it fixed properly. But my finishing is pro – OK. Moe-Tak-Tink – OK! Even my spouse says that it is better than pro …. but TIME is big problem for me … own house OK …. but another person house …. alamak!!!
    Had also “fix” Standing Fans, Table Fans that Singaporeans usually throw them away during spring cleaning …. bcos cannot turn anymore ….. but it is usually bcos of dirt and grease-hardening ….. just buy two cans of computer keyboard spray type cleaners plus a screw-driver, open it up = gua-tim-siah.
    Hey ….. I talk too much liao. Got to go ….
    Cheers,
    Ivan

  7. “Tim, you sure know how to turn this thread into something more exciting that what I had intended it for.

    Assuming you need someone to cut a piece of wood off your kitchen top…………. you need someone to……fix a choked drainage pipe ………Short of word-of-mouth, where can you find a temp painter, someone to help fix a broken house fridge……..”

    Terence, I shall answer you in 2 parts.

    First, you had not intended it to be this x-citing, neither did I intend to make it an x-thing. My butty of 1,000 years cant be left to danz in here alone bereft of me and so here I am.

    Second, know why you put up this thread? Simple, none can stand up to you as this versatile husband for hire.

    Remember, once the giant tree fell outside her house at patpong and blocked the door. You instinctively gnawed thru the trunk in under 3 minutes, and she was so impressed that she said, let’s marry.

    Then, in the 1980s, the Spore river got choked and Amat Matyr was sweating. You came and burrowed thru with yr head, this time it took a bit longer….54 minutes. And you hid yr sore head under a turban for 54 days (hence, Sengh)

    Not least, the broken house fridge. You took it away from that house, into your house, broke it further so that it would be converted into a cupboard for yr thongs. Then you gave yr own house fridge, abt to breakdown anyway, a new coat of paint and brought it back to the first house.

    You happy, she happy and I lagi happy. Everybody is happy and when you’re happy, you make baby. So if out of this thread, you come to tell us one day this year that another baby is on the way, we are ready to celebrate his birth at yr Shanghai Pau nite club.

    (Will now stay out to let others have their say here…………..unless it calls for my reply).

  8. Hi Terence!

    It’s a great idea if we could get someone from SHC to help us in household chores at a discount!e.g. painting house etc or choke pipes.
    Both parties gained: One saves & the other earned extra pocket money for beer extras.

    Many years ago if you guys had read in newspaper that those foreign workers attacked the owner of house and his family members after the renovation. The owner & his wife were hjacked to death and his daughter happened to be my student.

    It’s even better if we are assured of those who can be handyman and someone whom we could “trust” to a certain extend.
    We must be use our own intuition and the least we know they’re from SHC members.

  9. Terence, the more appropriate title should be ‘Handyman for Hire’ not ‘Hiring a husband’. The latter suggests payment for husbandly duties that involves more than mere house chores. Also, ‘hiring a husband’ can cause friction in a marriage where the wife will be furious with SHC for offering this service.

    My 2 cents’ worth of opinion.

    Ros

  10. Hi Ros,

    I did express something in the past regarding this title which is inappropriate. Same as using ‘Wife for Hire’ for instance.

    Yes, it is advertised as such in Australia, the States etc and you know what? Saw a documentary on men offering such handyman services to married women and their husbands are totally unhappy and uncomfortable with this arrangement. This is in Russia.

    The wife in the show obviously enjoyed the chores done by this paid man and the handyman himself told the programme that he has had some encounters with husbands who are weary/afraid, even unfriendly and at times look down on him, thinking that their wives may………….

    I also agree with you that Handyman will suffice and meet the objective.

    I suppose it is catchy to say ‘Hire a Husband’ in the classifieds, not taking it as per se.

  11. #11 Geraldine Ting,

    Geraldine, upon reflection perhaps the caption ‘Hire a Husband’ was what tickled our dear Terence to create a post. :)

  12. This is call marketing gimmick. If it is titled Looking for a Handyman or even a Handyman For Hire it would not attract attention at all.

    To gather maximum attention Hire A Husband is an appropriate title although it is smack of sexual undertone but a bit of ‘sex’ will attract maximum audience. Sex does sell and is a evergreen industry whether we like it or not.

    If it is titled Hire A Handyman, I don’t think most people would bother to click or even look at it.

  13. Hi Ros,

    Yes, knowing 24/7 excitable Terence……….

    Will be interesting to see if a ‘Hire a Wife’ appears. Vaguely remember someone or was it me mentioning having a ‘Hire a Lover’ while we are at it.

    Let’s see.

  14. Lisa-O, read smthg you wrote somewhere which was a bit too long and so hides the true message you want to tell us which I think is really this :-

    “Thanks for sharing………….which also makes me reminisces (sic) of my days then..……….used to sit on……….my sis-in-laws to make love letters………….due to some superstitions and beliefs..………I’m thankful for having gone thru that……………So today, I count my blessings and thank those superstitions that made me a better, tougher and more resilient person. On this note, I’d like to wish each and every SHC member, a very Happy, Healthy and Joyous New Year! Best wishes, Lisa O”

    Dont thank me, my pleasure. Happy New Year to you and Fred too, hehe…….

  15. Hi Tim #15,
    Thanks for summarizing my long-winded reminises which I can’t remember myself where I posted that but then again, it’s good to walk down those memory lanes once again.

    Thanks for your New Year wishes, here’s wishing you a roaring Lunar New Year too and “Kong Hei Fatt Choy”. Best wishes, Lisa & Fred

  16. Dear Lisa-O,

    It’s fun to walk down the memory lanes while we still can remember. Dementia is a friend we dread his visit but visit he will eventually. In my case, sometimes, I cant even remember whether I have used any paper as I walked out of the loo.

    May the Best of Everything be with you and Fred in 2010 and beyond as you both continue to shine as an exemplary couple of love, trust and devotion.

    Sincerely,

    tim

  17. Hi Ivan #7,

    You have touched exactly on what I was hoping to say when I put up the topic “Hire a husband”. And, yes, if there are SHCians who are able to provide services to fellow SHCians for a fee, conveniently and fast, I can see this as a good service which SHC would support.

    It sounds ok in Australia; but I guess in Asia, we are not ready for this service category. Maybe, we can just call it “Services available”. Well, we have raised this topic many times before, but it kind of lapsed into lost interest. I can only suspect that many of us are not ready to ask and/or pay for it. Ideas have been raised before eg babysitting, running errands. Guess we dont have babies anymore. Sometimes fixing a bulb or gettnig a computer running needs help.

    I hope a few of us can get started on tis. Feel free to offer your personal services, just titled it under “Services available – fixing the PC”. Can be kueh kueh making, house or office parties, elder care, chauffering, cleaning the aquarium, etc.

    Services of Corporations, external organisations and non-member services are not allowed.

    Terence Seah

  18. This Hire Hubby thingy didnt take off altho I am sure many SHC guys are prepared to take off………shoes, whatever if the price and the hirer are both right.

    Somewhere, Lydia-C said she’s going to watch John of Tampines this p.m. This JT wakes up usually at 2 p.m., washes himself with the bathroom room door ajar, so it’s easy to watch his every carnal move unobstructed from the next block. He can be hired for $15/hour.

    Next, the movie Dear John. It’s all about this bloke called John Terry (with the same standard in looks as Chelsea’s JT) who picked up a pouch of a gal called Savannah (yes, up there and down there, she’s as arid as a savannah) from the seabed and so picked her up as well.

    JT has a dad as screwed up. Then 2 weeks later, he had to re-join the Special Forces and was receiving Dear John letters from her until 1 day, she said she was leaving him for another.

    5 years later, he went back to look for her and asked her why she didnt take his call to talk first. She said that hearing his voice might make her change her mind. The guy she married (a born loser called Tim) was, as every comedy wd have it, dying of cancer.

    Tim died and they were together again.

    A very knn show which got me blurting into laughters as to how shallow love can be (in their case) and, above all, how easy some women can dance & move around some men.

    Hehe, that was the first love/romance movie I ever watched my entire life.

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