Having a housekeeper while paying $$$ for workout classes

[Anonymous]

I have limited time in the day. I workout 6 days a week at 4:30 am. I have a job. I loathe cleaning. I have money to pay someone to do it. Why not?! I completely support your desire to workout while cleaning your own house. I just don’t want to do it that way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I guess OP doesn’t ever eat out…. Or Uber, or hire babysitters, etc.

Why waste money paying someone else to do something for you if you could do it yourself?!

Dumb premise. OP. .

Those aren’t the same though. I don’t go out to restaurants where I have to cook the food. I don’t hire babysitters so that I can go take care of other people’s kids. I don’t hire Uber drivers and then drive the Uber driver around on his errands.

But some people hire house cleaners/landscapers to avoid manual labor, while paying someone else to force them to do activities designed to mimic the effect of manual labor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do people feel the need to justify themselves to the ridiculous OP?

Perhaps because they feel seen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I guess OP doesn’t ever eat out…. Or Uber, or hire babysitters, etc.

Why waste money paying someone else to do something for you if you could do it yourself?!

Dumb premise. OP. .

Those aren’t the same though. I don’t go out to restaurants where I have to cook the food. I don’t hire babysitters so that I can go take care of other people’s kids. I don’t hire Uber drivers and then drive the Uber driver around on his errands.

But some people hire house cleaners/landscapers to avoid manual labor, while paying someone else to force them to do activities designed to mimic the effect of manual labor.

That’s interesting- I never thought of it that way. You may be right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do my own cleaning and yard work, and I attend overpriced workout classes. I’m doubly fit I guess.

+1 cleaning is work but not a workout.

[Anonymous]

If cleaning = exercise then I would be the fittest woman on earth. Instead, I am plump.

Also, looking at the cleaning ladies on the street, they are not thin either. They are on the plump side as well.

Cleaning and the gym are just not the same.

[Anonymous]

This is hilarious. Hotel housekeepers clean all day. Most do not appear to be ‘fit’ and in shape.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I guess OP doesn’t ever eat out…. Or Uber, or hire babysitters, etc.

Why waste money paying someone else to do something for you if you could do it yourself?!

Dumb premise. OP. .

Those aren’t the same though. I don’t go out to restaurants where I have to cook the food. I don’t hire babysitters so that I can go take care of other people’s kids. I don’t hire Uber drivers and then drive the Uber driver around on his errands.

But some people hire house cleaners/landscapers to avoid manual labor, while paying someone else to force them to do activities designed to mimic the effect of manual labor.

Maybe you don't realize that people go to fitness classes because they are enjoyable and provide a social aspect. And while housecleaning does require physical effort, it's not going to achieve the same effect as a true gym or yoga or pilates workout.

[Anonymous]

I’m not wealthy but I do like a house cleaner to come once a month. I was never taught how to clean properly, and they do a much better job which makes it easier for me to maintain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I guess OP doesn’t ever eat out…. Or Uber, or hire babysitters, etc.

Why waste money paying someone else to do something for you if you could do it yourself?!

Dumb premise. OP. .

Those aren’t the same though. I don’t go out to restaurants where I have to cook the food. I don’t hire babysitters so that I can go take care of other people’s kids. I don’t hire Uber drivers and then drive the Uber driver around on his errands.

But some people hire house cleaners/landscapers to avoid manual labor, while paying someone else to force them to do activities designed to mimic the effect of manual labor.

Well that’s the part you have wrong. I work out to build muscles to reduce back and hip pain and to support cardiac health. Not to mimic the effect of scrubbing.

[Anonymous]

I wear a watch with a HR monitor most days. Each week I run 5-6 times and do 3-4 classes. Both have my HR elevated consistently the whole time. I did an entire day of deep cleaning yesterday because our cleaners were out sick and my HR never went higher than a brisk walk.

If cleaning and Barry's are the same to you, you're fat and out of shape.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hire a cleaning person once every two weeks. I exercise 5-7 days a week. My exercise cost is not reduced if I don’t go one day.

obsessive?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I guess OP doesn’t ever eat out…. Or Uber, or hire babysitters, etc.

Why waste money paying someone else to do something for you if you could do it yourself?!

Dumb premise. OP. .

Those aren’t the same though. I don’t go out to restaurants where I have to cook the food. I don’t hire babysitters so that I can go take care of other people’s kids. I don’t hire Uber drivers and then drive the Uber driver around on his errands.

But some people hire house cleaners/landscapers to avoid manual labor, while paying someone else to force them to do activities designed to mimic the effect of manual labor.

Do you really really like cleaning or do you really really hate working out? Because I wouldn’t just lump those both under “manual labor.” They are different activities and the motivations for each are different too.

[Anonymous]

Because people think exercising is fun and pampering. I hate it and prefer not wasting money, so we don’t outsource anything and don’t pay for gyms.

It takes all kinds, OP.

[Anonymous]

I clean my own house and work out regularly. Cleaning is not even close to being a full workout. Also, it’s far less pleasant than going for a swim or jog. I suspect OP is in the 60+ demographic.