The business may sound opportunistic, but for the desperate housewife (or househusband), a BBL loan is a lifeline.

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When husbands retire before their wives do, they may find themselves in an unfamiliar role: no longer the breadwinner, instead the househusband.

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"I like being a househusband and a homemaker, " he says.

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