Tom Selleck

A little back story here......
Since being downsized I now work for my husband as his office manager answering his company phones, dealing with customers, scheduling appointments, etc. I use my maiden name and never say I am his wife. Makes life easier that way for a number of reasons that I will elaborate on another time.
And yes back in the day of Magnum P.I. I too saw the resemblance but now.........not so much.


A customer called about 3 weeks ago and she had 2 bathrooms that needed done.
She asked about prices for the bathroom walls that were tiled, the tub and the tile walls surrounding the tub in both bathrooms but different sizes.
I suggested that she have an in home estimate first due to the varying size and height of the tiles in both bathrooms etc.

So Rick goes out to her home and when he left she called me immediately and said......."OMG he was early and I didn’t even get my makeup on and he is soooo cute. You didn’t tell me your boss was so cute. He looks like Tom Selleck. My husband even thought he looked like Tom Selleck. Ooooh he is so cute... and he was so friendly and warm”......yada yada yada."


Okay here is where I burst out laughing.
I was laughing so much that she asked me, “Well don’t you think he is gorgeous?”
I went along and said, “Um, gorgeous? Well he’s my boss I don’t think of him like that.”
She said when he comes back to do the job she was going to be sure to be dressed better and have on my makeup so he doesn’t see her like this again.  Then she asked, "How soon can we schedule this job?”

OMG this woman cracked me up so when Rick got home I asked him about her...of course without telling him about this conversation at first.
He said that she was in her mid to late 60’s and frumpy,why?
That cracked me up to find out her age because I knew that would bother him so I told him what she said.
He too laughed his ass off at this one.

Here's the thing I find about men. No matter their age they always look and drool over yound women. They may not doing overtly but they do it. They still think they can get that young lady even though the young lady doesn't notice this old man. That is where I find it funny.


So this particular morning as he was leaving to go take care of her bathrooms I reminded “Tom” that he better not be early so she can have time to put on her face.
He is not dressed on this day in his estimate nice clothes but in his white painter paints and his logo T-shirt with his logo baseball cap. I don’t think she will see the Tom Selleck resemblance today.

We had a good laugh – I told Rick that if she begs for IT baby make sure she at least pays very well for it!
He wants to know why this doesn’t happen with 30 year olds? (see what I mean?)
I don’t much care why- just happy and thankful it doesn't mister!


One of his recent young customers was playing what he calls really good music as he reglazed her bathtub and Rick said to her, “This music is great thanks.”
She smiled at him and said, “I thought you’d like it my dad made me this mixed CD of rock ‘n roll from back in his day”   That made his ego deflate very quickly. He laughs but as most men it bugs him.  I get it women of a certain age become invisible.

Back in the day, 20+ years ago, when he was  helping our delivery people at the Cookie Mug he had a woman come to the door without a shirt on.  That made him happy. He couldn't wait to tell me and some of the other male drivers. Today as a tub and tile reglazer he has witnessed a man who thought nothing of just bending over naked to put on his tiddy whities in front of him and now this from a 60 something woman.

He says to me that his life has taken a very very bad ugly turn. .....and being the bad wife I am I giggle through all of this.