Sanity is madness put to good use. – George Santayana
I’m a firm believer that every woman should have more than one husband because one man can’t fill every need. No offense guys, but even Superman left Lois Lane wanting. Now I’m not talking about anything sexual. I’m all about monogamy, but a woman needs more than one man to meet her needs in other aspects of her life.
There was a huge void in my life after my husband died. Like I said before, Planet Widowhood is a lonely place and I was feeling overwhelmed. I didn’t know how to start up the riding lawn mower, I needed things in my house fixed, and I was dealing with legal paperwork that I really didn’t understand. Then my daughters reminded me of something that I taught them a long time ago. They said I needed to start looking for new husbands to meet my daily needs.
The first new man in my life was Doug. He’s my Furniture Husband. This picture of him appeared in a local paper. Doug owns a furniture store in Washington, DC. He feeds my passion for good design. Every woman needs a furniture husband in her life. Doug makes me laugh and helps me feel good about myself. He’s usually pretty cheerful except for the time he had a flood in his store that wiped out a lot of hot sexy dinning room tables that he was storing in his back room. I can call Doug whenever I’m feeling down. He’ll send me funny text messages that brighten up my day.
I’ll introduce you to my other husbands later on. I don’t want to make your head spin. I’ve got a lot of them.
Susan hoshield
October 16th, 2010 at 2:20 pm
Lucky me, I have always had other men in my life…for different purposes. The first is a guy who is a childhood friend and first boyfryend
. The next was my first huband,s best friend. Mostly these two have provided emotional support. Can always talk to them
when I got married to my second husband, I told him these come along. He said ok. But I think even after 25 years. He thinks it’s weird.
I call one son in law for ele trical questions and another fixed the knob on my door. My husband is the handy sort but sometimes y gotta have the experts.
I bring brownies to the copy guys and I can get a job done fast
I love these other men in my life and wouldn’t have it any other way
NurseTurbo
October 16th, 2010 at 2:26 pm
Nurse Ratchett, you are so right!
I never really refer to other men I confer with as my “…husband” but they do provide me with a greater sense of understanding of various random topics that my husband may not be so knowledgeable or even aware of!
It’s an amazing connection that we have as humans!
Thank you for summarizing it so plainly!
NurseTurbo
RehabRN
October 16th, 2010 at 11:19 pm
NR:
Cool! There’s so much Heywood-Wakefield and danish modern furniture in the world…there should be lots of happy people.
At least, I can say I’m one of them. And I have a furniture husband for a husband. ;->
tammy swofford
October 19th, 2010 at 8:27 am
I grew up with four brothers, have a husband and two sons and am comfortable in my own skin with men. I have to smile at the title “Furniture Husband”. I had a wonderful “coffee husband” in the past. My spouse does not drink coffee. So this member of my blog team and I would share cofee and our literary thoughts on a regular basis. Tom passed away a few months ago after a battle with pancreatic cancer. I miss his presence in my life.
I am glad you are coming back into full bloom with the help of a few friends – and yes, the manly variety, are also essential to our well-being as women!
Love ya!
Tammy
The Curmudgeon
October 19th, 2010 at 10:20 am
Glad to see you again.
chaos
October 22nd, 2010 at 10:35 am
I linked to you in my latest post. Totally agree about the multiple man thing. I like variety ya know?