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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry but it’s crazy with two helping kids, [b]full time jobs (ie you are out of the house all day) and a maid twice a week, that you are still drowning in chores[/b].  Something feels really off about this!  [/quote]

LOL. If you are out of the house the whole day, working a 9 to 5 job, you really don't have too much time to do all the household chores in a non-stressful way. When you get back from work, you are dealing with dinner and taking care of the kids needs also.  Do you think that working women have self-cleaning homes or that stay at home women mess up the house because they are home?

Running a household takes time.  Raising kids takes time. Going to work 9-5 takes time.  As a sahm, I also outsource and have an involved DH,  and becuase I am home we are able to run our household smoothly, raise the kids to our satisfaction, focus on relationships and our health - without overwhelming stress.  If I was working also life would have been frantic for all of us.

You don't understand that?

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I was a SAHM, and you can bet we still had a housecleaner once it was within our budget.  Now, they typically only came every other week and just cleaned (no laundry), but it was very nice to have a full/deep cleaning done every other week.  If you are not a slob/clean up a bit after yourself, the bathroom never gets bad even in 2 weeks (I wipe down counters and scrub the toilet for 30 seconds and wipe down the toilet every 2-3 days).

Me working would have added chaos to the household
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Give me a break. OP has clarified that she has a maid every two weeks. Having one twice a week and still feeling overwhelmed by housework would be crazy.[/quote]

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