He calls her an outsourced wife. “The nice thing is that when I ask her to do something, she gets it done and there’s no negative feelings.”it seems like a kind of feminist thing to do--take traditionally feminine work (I understand that wives are sometimes expected to help advance their husbands' careers by hosting parties and cultivating social relationships, not to mention home and self decorating), separate it from wifely duties, and charge for what it's actually worth. Kind of cool.
And also, super-distasteful that someone should be able to "buy a life" for themselves. It's the dream of consumerism that we should be able to purchase the kind of life we want to have--with the right car and the right clothes and careful selection of mass-market music choices and I don't know what all. What happens when a person can't make the decision about this stuff for themselves (which seems to me only natural, since it's a false choice)? They can hire someone who can.
Is it significant that she has nearly all male clients and she's female? Is this horrifying or does she get a high-five?
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I wonder how much she makes. That might help me decide whether it is horrific or worthy of a high-five. This kind of falls into the category of "life coach" - a career that I think I'd be really good at. It feels like it would be much easier to organize someone else's life, instead of my own.
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