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What would it take for you to quit a high-paying job?\u00a0<\/p>\n
For one former bank executive, it was helping out at the prawn mee eatery her husband had started.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday (Nov 10), Seth Sim, the owner of Da Shi Jia Big Prawn Mee, shared the story of how his wife, Yvonne Tan, ended up joining him on his F&B journey.<\/p>\n
“I never imagined that a woman working in a bank in Singapore would marry someone like me, who sells prawn noodles,” the 36-year-old said in the Instagram video. “She even quit her job and stayed by my side for 10 whole years.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
Recounting his younger years, Seth shared that his friends would often introduce women to him as his demanding work schedule at his father’s seafood zi char business left him with little time to socialise.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“When I was working for my father, we would work until closing time, which was around 1am or 2am,” he recalled.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Among the women Seth had met through these introductions, Yvonne stood out with her willingness to share expenses on their dates, rather than expecting him to pay for everything like the others.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In fact, she called the waiter over and offered to foot the bill.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“I thought it was strange because it was really the first time a women had paid for me,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This was one of the occasions that made him realise she was someone who was willing to help lighten his burdens.\u00a0<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DfjW1SNiEVs\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n As their relationship progressed, however, Yvonne struggled to understand why Seth was constantly working late into the night.\u00a0<\/p>\n “She couldn’t believe I was living this kind of life,” Seth said.\u00a0<\/p>\n When he suggested that she join him at work, she actually resigned from her banking job.\u00a0<\/p>\n Since then, Yvonne has remained by his side to support him.<\/p>\n Two weeks after their wedding in 2017, they opened Da Shi Jia Big Prawn Mee.\u00a0<\/p>\n “We didn’t really go for a honeymoon either,” Seth shared.\u00a0<\/p>\n When Yvonne first joined the business, however, things weren’t exactly as she expected.\u00a0<\/p>\n “She thought that starting our own business and being the boss’ wife would be very easy and straightforward,” Seth said. “In her mind, being the boss’ wife meant going next door to buy a magazine, then sitting there and reading it.”\u00a0<\/p>\n He guided her through the day-to-day tasks of running an F&B business, from wiping tables to checking whether condiments needed replenishing.\u00a0<\/p>\n “When she actually started doing the work, she found it very tiring,” Seth recounted.\u00a0<\/p>\n But she didn’t want to give up.<\/p>\n He had told Yvonne that if she were to continue working at the eatery, she’d have to endure the hardships with him.\u00a0<\/p>\n She proved that with her actions \u2014 she continued to help out at the business even after the couple became parents in 2020.<\/p>\n “When we had our first child, she would carry the baby on her back and take orders while I worked in the kitchen,” Seth said.\u00a0<\/p>\n