Gentle Readers,
Recently I requested a substitute to go through my divorce for me. She would make copies, deal with the lawyers, cry, mourn the loss of my marriage, etc.
Well, a true friend has come through with an offer.
She says, "I will be your stand in for the divorce. I could take out all of my frustration for my boyfriend on your husband without the nagging emotional baggage!! Boy he would be begging for a replacement."
Now that's a true friend.
Love,
Dumped First Wife
My motto as an editor: Authors are the authority on their work. I'm a full-service editor. For a reasonable fee, I'm your writing coach from the first suggested revision to the correction of the final typo.
This is a fantastic idea. I really should find a way to market this. It would probably help me in my law practice, too, to have surrogates who can handle the paperwork and document-gathering without needing to cry on my shoulder for an hour first. 'Cause then I'm always torn.
ReplyDeleteDo I listen, and bill them for my time? Or tell them I really have to go, and seem like a callous bitch? OR, option 3 (the one I usually take, to my financial detriment), listen and not bill them and then stay up half the night after the kids are in bed trying to finish the work I couldn't get done during the day because my clients were crying on my shoulder....