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A significant demographic imbalance in Latvia, with women outnumbering men by 15.5%, has led to a unique social trend where single women are increasingly hiring handymen for household chores through services marketed as "husband for an hour." A striking gender gap in the Baltic nation of Latvia is reshaping daily life and household management. According to Eurostat, the European Union's statistics office, women outnumber men in Latvia by 15.5%—a rate more than three times the EU average. This demographic reality is driving a practical response: the rise of services that allow women to rent a handyman, often advertised with the playful tagline "husband for an hour." Local women cite the shortage as a tangible social issue. "There's nothing wrong with that… but just for the good balance, you would want to have some more men to flirt or chat with," Dania, a festival worker, told *The Sun*. She noted that 98% of her colleagues a...