You haven’t asked your parents for money since you don’t know when.

You happily eat at the bar at Cashion’s with only a copy of Middlesex as your companion.
And you’d rather stay at home humming “I Will Survive” than suffer through a bad date.

Little Miss Independent indeed you are: Gloria Gaynor (and Kelly Clarkson) would be proud. But, face it, sometimes what you really need is a little help from a big, strong man. Or, better, a couple.

Give Frank Coyne a call. He’s the guy behind Junk in the Trunk, an all-purpose hauling business that picks up your unwanted items. Got a ratty sofa that needs to be deep-sixed to make way for your sleek new Eames daybed? They’ll remove it. In fact, the kind fellows will happily show up and take away anything too big for you to lift or put in the trash can.

So now you don’t have to borrow a friend’s boyfriend for the day. And you won’t even have to buy Frank and his crew pizza and beer afterward.

Though you might just want to.

Junk in the Trunk (202-487-4643 or haulmyjunk.com).