She said: I received a marriage proposal in my email today.
He looked up from his computer screen, raised his eyebrows and said, “Oh?”
She said, “Yes, and I’m thinking about accepting it.”
His eyebrows raised even further and he seemed at a loss for words.
She said, “It was a pretty tempting proposal and you and I could both benefit from it.”
Now he looked really confused, but much less concerned. “How’s that?” He asked.
She said, “Maybe if I just read you the letter:”
Dear Sir,
I respectfully offer to be your bride. I cook. I clean. I laundry your shirt and do this ironing. I no complain. I be good wife. You send me come to America.
Many Affections,
Sunee
She said, “See. The house will be cleaned, the meals will be cooked. The laundry will be done. I’d kind of like having a wife.”
He shook his head and turned back to his computer. “Honey the only thing she wants to clean — if it even is a she — is your wallet!”
She was greatly disappointed. Having a wife would be nice.
Hilarious! I am trying to place the name. Sunee — Korean woman?
Gigi — the letter did not give the woman’s nationality. I do know the name Sunee as Korean, but I don’t know that it is exclusive to the culture.
It’s Thai, apparently meaning “good thing”. Which the sex industry that has been running in Thailand for decades most definitely is not.
Hehehe, you gave me a nice laugh!
Ebie — it gave us a nice laugh, too! We’re glad to share it with you.
Ha! That might work, but you’d have to move to Utah.
Jeff — Amoeba is an botanical oceanographer. Is there an ocean in Utah?
Hahaha!!!!! This is great!!!!!
Teresa — we were entertained. I thought others might be as well.
Hey, I’d kind of like having a wife, too, if it meant not having to do all those chores myself.
Brooke — exactly!
A chance not to be missed :} Funny one Quilly
Bill — should I send her your address?
and then ‘she’ goes on asking to send $$$?
but that would take out the fun part…
Polona — no request for dollars was made in this email, but Amoeba is certain that answering the email would elicit the request.
My husband has a number of female coworkers who hear about his great deal of having a housewife and want one, too. Come to think of it, so do I!
Karen — I concur. Having a housewife would bring me joy!
Well, we don’t have any wives at all in this household, but I could use one anyway that’s for sure and I doubt that Adam would protest! Enjoy the rest of your weekend! Time’s getting short and I am excited!!
Sylvia
Sylvia — I think every household needs a wife!
Send her my way – I’ll marry her!
Does she babysit?
Susan — if you are choosing a wife, I think you get to choose her job duties as well, right? (Amoeba says it so doesn’t work that way. Darn.)
Yup, darn. I might have accepted the proposal too for the same reasons
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Great He Said-She Said. You always come up with such interesting & witty discussions.
Y’all are hilarious!
Linda — we try our best.
haha, I wish I had one sometimes myself.
Kala — I am not certain they really exist anymore.
I’m no longer inclined to view this as a joke.
What this email probably represents.
Amoeba — I would think that sending them to women as wives would offer far too much freedom.
haha
Gel – - what, you don’t want one, too?
A wife of noble character . . . the goal would be Proverbs 31:1-10, but alas, I think the initial solicitation already blew the first verse!
Thanks for sharing these lighter moments!
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Good Quilly!
Too bad he didn’g go for it. You would have enjoyed having a wife. I surely do.
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Oh yes, mine doesn’t do all those things she would. Mine is sort of DIY wife. Sunee must be one of the newer models.
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Women would conquer the world if they had wives.