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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I identify with the immigrants who had household help. I didn't have it growing up but have spent significant time in areas of the world where it's more common.

It is clear to me I have maybe 1/10 of OP's budget. I cannot even imagine wanting to spend that $ on clothes even if I did have the money.

But I probably spend 2x as much on household help. It makes  a huge difference in my life and buys me time. And to the posters who say it's not dignified or American, I remember thinking that way myself.

I don't think it's wrong, and I have guilt sometimes and make an effort to teach my kids the laundry machine, for instance, but I can tell you that my equation:

My kids having a much calmer, available set of parents are benefitting more than they would from knowing how to clean a toilet right now.  [/quote]

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I have always had household help and I am an MC SAHM with teenager kids.  The smooth running of my household and the mental peace for my family is worth much to me.  I have never ever spent money in getting highlights, facials, pedicures, fake nails,  designer clothes, bags, shoes for myself. But, by all that is holy, my cleaning lady comes twice a week and I do not compromise on that.

Yeah, could be an immigrant thing, but, I see it as spreading the wealth to people who need to pay the bills. It is in my power to treat these workers with kindness and dignity. Paying them well keeps them coming back to my house for years. My cleaning lady does not resent me. She resents those that want to stiff her and pay her below market rates.  [/quote]

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