"Has your baby daddy been acting up?" reads Jake James' ad. He wants to be a dad you'll be able to hire for a day to hang with your circle of relatives.
"Has your baby daddy been acting up? Tired of him playing games? Does he put drugs and his mates before the kids?" reads Jake James' new Facebook ad. The service he's providing? Rent-a-Daddy, where you'll be able to pay for him to come and hang around with your children and your circle of relatives for the day.
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James, who's from New South Wales in Australia, posted the ad to his Facebook page. "Trying out a new career move to get away from trucks so everybody get onboard and support your boy," he wrote. "Rent a daddy today."
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The condominium contains one to 2 weekends per month and up to three actions of the kids' selection. He'll additionally attend carrying events, provide as much as 3 hours of instruction on existence abilities like car upkeep and mowing the garden, and he's going to do daycare or faculty pickup and drop off, like a real excellent dad.
Only you need to pay him. It's $30 an hour, plus a 20 percent surcharge in step with hour on Sundays after 4 p.m., which sounds affordable. Things that price extra come with family events and birthday parties, Facebook courting statuses, and circle of relatives selfies.
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James also writes, "Private time is negotiable upon application (kids are to be asleep or absent from premises)." What ever may that mean?
Does this sound like the beginning of a captivating romantic comedy starring Will Smith (Hitch era) to you? Because it definitely does to me. An overworked single mother hires a Rent-a-Daddy to bond with her kids while she will get on most sensible of the household duties, then increase! They fall in love. I'd pay $Thirteen to watch that.
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James' post has garnered hundreds of reactions, comments, and stocks on Facebook and Instagram. People are beautiful intrigued via what he is offering, even if it does roughly look like a funny story.
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"I don't have kids but can I still rent you?" one lady requested. "I have fur babies if that counts." Someone else on Instagram applauded his ingenuity: "If you are serious about this it would be a fantastic idea.
"There are so many kids that want a good role fashion to do things with, as a substitute of sitting in front of a TV taking part in video games. Hope it all works out for you."
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Still, some people are a little wary of his motivations: "Moms about to be renting him for themselves. Plot twist, this is how he finds single mothers to this point."
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Others were involved for the youngsters, who would form a connection with him and then be disillusioned if he wasn't around anymore as a result of he was once now not getting paid. It's a legitimate concern, I suppose, but it surely in point of fact turns out just like the advert is mostly all in just right a laugh.
It's unclear whether or not James has gotten any offers yet, however with the achieve of his submit, I wouldn't be surprised if they start pouring in quickly. Let's simply hope that he will get some credit score when the movie comes out as a result of that's a golden premise.
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