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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are household managers even a thing? Like, are there people who have such job?[/quote]

I am a nanny/household manager.  My charges are 4 and 3 and their parents are a typical 2-career DC power couple type.  I manage all the paperwork for the children’s preschool/medical/summer camp/tutors/sports and so on.  I trim their nails, take them to get haircuts and make sure we always have toothpaste.  I research, vet, hire and schedule weekend sitters.  I do all shopping, meal-planning and cooking for the family most weeks (including pre-portioning things for Boss’s diet plan and packing salads for Other Boss’s lunch).  I manage the weekly cleaners and gardeners.  I run all the little errands like dry-cleaning.  I wait on the phone with customer service.  I schedule home repairs with our handyman or call the plumber.  In the last month I booked a storage unit, hired/supervised a packing service and hired/supervised movers when they decided to sell a vacation home.  I also booked flights, hotel rooms and car service for upcoming travel and I will be in charge of packing the children’s bags, hiring a dogwalker while we are gone and managing the children during the entire trips, days and nights.  The month before that, I ran a fundraising project at the preschool and updated the children’s wardrobes for spring.  [/quote]

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