Mariella Frostrup has said modern parents who struggle to get time off work at the same time should share partners with other couples as she reveals she "borrowed" her friend's husband for a recent holiday.
The television presenter said she feared a pre-booked canal boat trip to France would turn into a "disaster" after her husband Jason, a lawyer, was forced to pull out because of work commitments.
But after asking her friend Penny Smith, a BBC broadcaster, if her actor boyfriend Vince Leigh could accompany them instead, the holiday proved an "unqualified success".
Frostrup told Waitrose Weekend magazine: " I have just returned from a canal boat trip in south-west France with my two children and my best friend's boyfriend. Seriously!
"Verily I say unto you that I have seen the future and it's partner sharing.
"I don't mean in some sordid 70s throw-your-keys-in-a-bowl sort of way but a modern, squeaky clean, no-sex-please-we're British manifestation.
"Initially it seemed a disaster when my husband was called away on business and was unable to join us on our much-anticipated trip aboard the beautiful barge Alouette on the 17th century Canal du Midi between Carcassonne and Beziers.
"So I asked my friend Penny Smith if I could borrow her husband. Enter Vince Leigh, shortly to appear on the West End stage in Ed Hall's brilliant Kinks musical Sunny Afternoon.
"Luckily rehearsals had not yet begun so this child-friendly, easy on the eye wine-guzzling charmer was mine for the voyage. To say it was an unqualified success would be to undervalue the pleasure of a familiar but not intimate male companion."
Frostrup said that she shared a cabin with her daughter while her son shared with Mr Leigh.
"All in all Vince proved a top-of-the-range companion, " she said.
"Divesting myself of responsibility for another man's peccadillos awaked in me the desire to try harder to do likewise in my own home.
"So much friction in life is self-induced and down to the minor annoyances and perceived injustices of daily life. My mini-break with Vince has proved the best marriage-enhancer possible. Thanks Penny!" she said.

eunisam: I dey mad? Never ever forever.

DebateNigeria:

Lol. Give us your reasons

bablononi: elantracey seh u can see dis? im borrowing u as my wife on nairaland.

Elantracey:


Borrow me ke I resemble asset?

bablononi: nah naija gals own dey different.no be human being u see say dem borrow so?

Elantracey:


That na dem o

funshint: Hp she'll be very generous to lend out her husband to a sexy single blonde friend of hers!!..this oyinbos and nonsense. That's how the use different means to cover up their quest to commit infidelity. Can't U̶̲̥̅̊ hv a nice time with your children even when your husband is not there..so wat happens wen he goes on a long biz trip. U̶̲̥̅̊ get anoda man to keep U̶̲̥̅̊ company in bed? Diaris God O°˚˚˚

bablononi: nah naija gals own dey different.no be human being u see say dem borrow so?

bablononi: dis nah us too

Elantracey:

bablononi: u don start bah?i know u are just playing chicken

Elantracey:

lol , how do someone play chicken?

bablononi: lol una no get chicken for una area abi.u know how the female one play hard to get

bablononi:
u don start bah?i know u are just playing chicken

Exponental:
keeping a meat with a cat....... i dey craze?
except i know d cat has no mouth