This is a concept I’ve been working on ever since I got married.  It is explained thusly:

If the president is no longer able to perform his presidential duties, the vice president steps in and takes over.

Therefore, if the wife is no longer able to perform her wifely duties, the vice wife steps in and takes over.  Or assists as needed.

So far the reaction to this concept has varied from “Yeah, good luck with that” to “That is not funny.”  For some strange reason it tends to go over better with men than women uniformly.

My wife, a women of great humor (she married me, right?), fails to see either merit or humor in this.  She asked me how I felt about a vice husband.  I told her that if I fail to do my husbandly duties, she should get one.  She was not impressed with that line of reasoning either.

It’s not like I’m attempting to double my pleasure and double my fun with the wife and the vice wife; I’m not greedy.   I’d just prefer that one or the other was active at all times.   The country (and the marriage) needs its titular head at all times to function properly.

So folks, until I get some of the kinks out of the process, you’ll probably want to avoid bringing up this topic with your other half.  Unless you’re just itching for an argument, of course.