In urban ministry, I several times came across the problem of the hired wife. It might sound like a wonderful idea, yet the reason I came across it was that it was ruinous to the men who hired them. They came to the Church for counselling, in tatters. Adjusted for inflation, the hired wife (an economical one) cost about R15 000 a month -- plus upkeep. Paradoxically, if one didn't want her full-time, it was a lot more expensive. She needed her own pad. OBSERVATION: Some of the problems were that the men fell in love with a woman who was mercenary, they continued to hire her when they couldn't sustain it, the wife was doing other business on the side -- and so on.
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