Comments on: I Need a Husband!

By: Edward Champion

Edward Champion — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:48:45 +0000

Closing thread on this — in large part because I have people legitimately looking for a husband and leaving personal information. Folks, this was a joke.

By: Chrissy Lea

Chrissy Lea — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:15:48 +0000

I liked your story and I think soon I will be doing the same thing as Lori or maybe not.

I went out with a guy so not my type, balding, thin and ugly because I am desperate and thought it would work but he dumped me as soon as I got pregnant after 2years of begging me for a baby. I was so shattered as soon as we split up I got rid of the pregnancy. Yes I want a partner and family but being a single mother is not the way for me. The next person I date is going to have to cross all or at least majority of my boxes otherwise I shall remain alone and lonely.

By: Jo

Jo — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:43:27 +0000

Hilarious.

Lori may have been looking for an angle, but what she did and said, if she indeed did and said those things, probably sprang from somewhere in her unyuppied, untrained, unfettered core. Men and women aren’t supposed to be alone, and the evidence is as plain as Gray’s Anatomy.

I raised three kids by myself and lived a very full life, trusting that I’d meet an adventurous guy with no modern pretense needing a fig leaf screen, but no soap. He didn’t show up. These days I wonder whether or not an approach like Lori’s might at least have given me some good copy.

By: laura

laura — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 17:03:45 +0000

I am 40 year old female here in California and i am having ahard time finding the right man. SO if there are any MEN LEFT I AM AVALIBLE

By: williams

williams — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 10:46:11 +0000

my name is williams. i can be your husband. because i need i wife like you to take good care of my child you cansend me an e.mail easywaykid@yahoo.com

By: hillary

hillary — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:50:31 +0000

i can be your husband, because i just lost my wife few years ago. i want you to be my friend before we start our relationship ok.if you want this relationship to start now contact my email which is hillary49@live.com

By: maria

maria — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:15:03 +0000

im 44 live n colorado! Any stable men out there?

By: putheavy khat

putheavy khat — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 01:43:17 +0000

me live in cambodia and me honest gril and like to tripe and hosnet and like respect all the person and bec know me !

By: roldan

roldan — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 03:36:51 +0000

I need I wife

By: Robert Hillman

Robert Hillman — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:54:57 +0000

I live in ontario canada I am fourty two I raised four children alone for fourteen years
woman dont want a man and husband anymore they want money and sucess and career.
I live on one income, and pay 275.00 a month rent and heat with wood. But woman dont see that as a positive thing. I am sexual that means I am selfish? no it doesnt it means i am a normal man. I am faithful and honest
I never get drunk and I dont use drugs
but after fourteen years of being alone
you tell me then why if there are so many woman that want a husband I CANT find a wife.
I am a romantic passionate sensual sexual
honest and faithful man
I believe in God and hate religion
I know that churches lie through their teeth
and how can they get away with it? cause they know that NO ONE READS THEIR OWN BIBLE.
I think liberator furniture is fun for a couple
I think sex should be fun and time consuming
not two minutes at eleven oclock

I raised a baby alone so that makes me different and yet no woman wants a simple man
Integrity@cyg.net
fourty two and single in ontario

By: rupert guigan

rupert guigan — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:28:47 +0000

i need a gentle ladie to marry

By: rea

rea — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:29:35 +0000

hi how are u?can u be my husbund?

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:35:29 +0000

Oh, very well riposted, sir!

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:25:21 +0000

Oh, you are wicked, sir and I love it. This is exactly the commentary her writing deserves.

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:04:28 +0000

Ed, have you trademarked “An ass you could settle for”? I’m envisioning a line of sweatpants with that phrase emblazoned across the rear. Kind of like the sweatpants that sorority girls wore back in the 1980s (and for all I know, still wear), but for middle-aged schlubby males like myself.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 04:00:34 +0000

All the other Mrs. Champions are just imitators, Erin.

By: On the up side « The Books of My Numberless Dreams

On the up side « The Books of My Numberless Dreams — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:55:21 +0000

[...] in the comedy section? Is it like the New Yorker’s “Shouts and Murmers”? I read Ed’s take on the article first, rather confused and concerned that he come a little undone [...]

By: Patrick Stephenson

Patrick Stephenson — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:02:22 +0000

He does have halitosis, after all.

By: DrMabuse

DrMabuse — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:41:03 +0000

But only because you settled for me, Erin.

By: Erin O'Brien

Erin O'Brien — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:36:21 +0000

I am the real Mrs. Champion.

By: A.R.Yngve

A.R.Yngve — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:21:41 +0000

See, that sort of thing never happens to me.

By: Elizabeth McCullough

Elizabeth McCullough — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:22:38 +0000

Definitely New Yorker material.

By: Kathleen Maher

Kathleen Maher — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:01:52 +0000

You’ve got me yelling “Bravo” right now. Who needs movies?

By: Imani

Imani — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:25:24 +0000

As I read that article I thought the writer must be some kind of alien from a different planet. Does. Not. Compute.

(I didn’t know that The Atlantic was Vogue on steroids? Hmmm. I’ll stick with Harper’s.)

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:19:22 +0000

You had me until I looked her name up – I thought I was being played! Haha.

“I’m Mr. Champion.” That’s awesome. I’d marry you just to say, “I’m Mrs. Champion.” That rules.

I’m 33 and I just got dumped. Sometimes we can’t even settle. Life doesn’t always let us make choices. Who’s to say settling is the answer? You could devote your life to someone you’re not thrilled about, and they can still dump you like used kitty litter. At least I can say I enjoyed the time I wasted. If I had settled, I’d be pissed.

This woman is out of her mind.

By: Patrick Stephenson

Patrick Stephenson — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:09:51 +0000

At which action movies have you shouted “Bravo!” ?

By: Eric Rosenfield

Eric Rosenfield — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:32:21 +0000

Wow. Hilarious.

By: The Atlantic settles for less « Charlottesville Words

The Atlantic settles for less « Charlottesville Words — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:01:09 +0000

[...] I would despair, but for Ed Champion. [...]

By: Elizabeth McCullough

Elizabeth McCullough — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:42:39 +0000

You nailed it!

I was worried The Atlantic might not find anyone to replace Caitlin, but it looks like Lori has happily stepped into her crippling stilettos.