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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't have a maid, so I don't have this problem.   I always find it amusing when people will pay for a gym membership or a personal trainer and yet hire people to do all of the manual labor of day-to-day life, like house cleaning and yard work.  [/quote]

At some point in a woman's life, time becomes more valuable than money. I always changed my own oil and filter in my car when I was poor. I could sew all my own clothes if necessary. But now that I have more important uses of my time (and make more money), I outsource what I can so I can be with my family and have some fun too.  Everybody with any disposable income makes those decisions every day.[/quote]

Not all people with disposable incomes make the same decisions.  I think it's important for people, especially with children, to do some chores themselves (and most certainly for children to do some housework).  I think it's fine to hire a housekeeping company, but the problem comes in when you start viewing them as "the help."  And clearly a lot of people here have reached that point.  Perhaps some were raised with that view.  [/quote]

You are quoting me and I grew up poor. I "was" the help, cleaning other people's toilets at age 11.  Nobody works harder than poor people. I'd never take on a negative or condescending view of people I pay to help me.

Unless someone has a daily housekeeper, they are still doing some chores. There are still things all family members must do on a regular basis. But instead of cleaning a different bathroom each night, I get the chance to play with my kid "and" have quality time with my husband every single night.  Instead of scrubbing floors on weekends, I get to have lazy breakfasts with my family and then go do something fun outside. There is still laundry to do, counters to wipe down, toys to put away, beds to make, trash to empty. Chores just take up far less of my non-work time than they would otherwise. [/quote]

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