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[quote=Anonymous]It still amazes me that so many people hire housecleaners even if its just every other week.  We never hired one growing up and mom did work full time (as well as my dad).  None of my friends' parents hired cleaners growing up.  We were solidly middle class.  I don't have many friends now, but none hire cleaners (that I know of).  My parents did end up hiring cleaners for a few years as empty nesters.  My mom tried to talk to me into it.  I know it makes sense and we can afford it.  But I can't pull the trigger.

Part of the reason I don't hire a cleaner is because the house is a mess and dirty (which is ironic).  We do comprehensive cleaning whenever guests are coming over which is maybe 2x a year now.  I'll sweep the high traffic areas (including the kitchen) maybe 1x a week.  (We don't have pets anymore.)  I clean the bathrooms I use when they start to bother me and the main floor bathroom a little more often.  I'll do a more complete clean of the kitchen maybe 1x a month.  Randomly I may get inspired to sort-of deep clean another room like 1x a month.

So what the result/impact of this?  The resentment I feel at having to be the one to do 95% of the cleaning.  Otherwise no cleaning would ever get done.  Not wanting to have people over because the house is too messy.  I never really encourage my kids to invite other kids over to our house.  I'll sometimes put off having repair people come over because I don't want them to see the messy house.  I do think it can affect your mental state.  After we've had people over and the house is still clean, its a nice feeling.

So maybe this year I'll aim to get the house clean enough to actually hire cleaners.

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