Rent-a-Husband
Last week, a friend of mine came up with a business idea called “rent-a-husband.” This wouldn’t just be fixing things around the house. Rent-a-husband could also stop by to open jars, take out the trash, snake a drain, etc. I scoffed thinking I could do all these things for myself. Having lived alone for most of my adult life, I like to think of myself as being fairly self-sufficient. I’ve learned to open my own jars, kill my own spiders and I have a step stool to reach those high shelves. As much as I’d like to have my own live-in handyman/boyfriend, I like to do these things for myself, which would negate the need for a rent-a-husband. In fact, I rarely ever ask for help when it comes to fixing things around my apartment, despite the fact that I don’t know what I’m doing.
Case in point: I’ve decided to move to a new apartment and am in the process of cleaning up my current residence. The only part of the apartment that I’ve actually damaged in my three years tenure is the wand control on my vertical blinds.
I decided I would fix this myself.
Getting on my step stool I reached up, trying to figure out how the piece fit in with the other piece and made the thingy work. (Yes, those are technical terms.) Even on my stool, I can barely reach the rails for the blinds. I reached, and I pushed and I poked at the ceiling with the wand control, and I still could not get it to fit correctly into the slot.
So what does a girl who refuses to ask for help do when she can’t fix a set of blinds?
She squirts super glue up into the rail and smashes the wand into it to try to make something stick.
And that is how I super glued my fingers together and half the blinds to the wall.
Lesson learned: Even independent single women need help. I wonder if rent-a-husband would know how to repair a set of vertical blinds?
This would be especially hilarious with Allie Brosh illustrations…
I charge $30/hr but give discounts for home cooked meals and sex.
Lol! your right that did make me feel better
I was wondering how you were able to super glue your fingers together hahahaha! If rent-a-husband didnt work out theres always the fall back lease-a-lesbian they are just has handy around the house or theres date-a-gay for those fashion tips 
hahha!
HA! Liza, I may lease you to help me move some boxes!
Hmm, I do cook.
Lol! I’ll be there and as Im sure you know my fee is pizza and beer
My girl went with the rent-to buy option. And I’m glad she did.
I usually go with a “borrow somebody else’s husband” route, when I need man strength. They help, they can’t stay long and they are free.