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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, though for me, it’s mostly labor/time-savers and vacations. I’m finally at the point that paying to have someone clean my home before a party is palatable. And I can go on vacation without calculating how many hours I need to work overtime to pay for it. [/quote]

It's the labor savers that highlight how different I am from my parents. My parents would never have spent money on house cleaners, [b]lawn mowing[/b], grocery delivery, etc. [/quote]

This is a new thing though. I grew up in an upper middle class area where most dads were CPAs, engineers, doctors, lawyers, etc and they ALL still mowed their lawn.  Our house was set on 1.5 areas too and my dad was out there twice a week like clockwork.  Now it seems like even middle class neighborhoods are all mowed by companies. [/quote]

I still can't do it.  I am squarely UMC, and I am the only person on our block, and the only person I know, who mows his own lawn.  I once mentioned to a neighbor that my daughter is getting old enough to use the mower, and she looked at me like I had horns and a tail.  As if a *girl* could be expected to mow the lawn - the horror!  [/quote]

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