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A local stay-at-home boyfriend has so far refused to watch the new Barbie movie, mostly because of the smartarse cracks his mates have been making about the movie being a pink version of his own life.
“Nah. Not for me” says Brendan Realken (38), a bloke who spends most his day focusing on nothing but pure recreation – while his girlfriend Kaylee (30) is out crushing deals as a corporate head-kicker.
“Heard it’s shit” he says.
With a younger misso who brings home more bacon than three Brendans could ever accrue in his previous life as bar manager, the very real parallels to ‘Ken’ seem to hit a nerve.
At 38 years of age, the proudly funemployed defacto life partner of the town’s highest functioning corporate, is certain that there is a mutually beneficial system that holds his relationship together.
The fact that he’s not too handy with a dishwasher and should not be trusted with power tools is lost on Brendan, as he draws a very long bow and attempts to congratulate himself for his tireless work feeding pets and signing for his wife’s online shopping deliveries.
“I’m needed here” says Brendan.
However, with wedding bells in the distance, and Kaylee approaching burn-out from the high-flying boardrooms, there is early whispers that perhaps a dual-income household might improve the quality of life for both of them.
“Yeah…” says Brendan, trying to remain calm about the possibility of even the slightest change to the extremely luxurious work/life balance in this lovely Barbieland he finds himself in.
“Not sure what we’ll do next” he says, before presenting a scenario that works for both of them.
“Maybe she can quit her job too”
“Get a caravan or something and travel round so she can chill for a bit”
