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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would stop at 2 no matter what.  Money isn't the issue for me, it's all the damn kids!!

I also agree it's not about hiring people to help you and this just gets more and more true the older they get.  They want YOU, not a nanny.  And even just two people wanting a lot from me is frankly, emotionally and mentally overwhelming some times.  Another one might have killed me.  And my marriage.[/quote]

But you can hire people to do EVERYTHING ELSE, which frees you up for parenting.  My friend is married to an i-banker.  They have three kids.  They also have a live-in couple where the wife is responsible for grocery shopping, cooking, cleaning, laundry and occasional babysitting.  The husband does handy jobs for the house, takes care of the garden and chauffeurs kids when needed.  My friend is free to focus on the parenting part of the puzzle. She's still very busy but it's infinitely easier.  [/quote]

Who the F wants another couple living in your home???  [/quote]

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no thanks[/quote]

It's in the attached apartment, with separate everything, and they are truly invisible when they aren't working.  It's a staffed household. I doubt the royals are miffed by live-in staff. [/quote]

i dont want "invisible" people cooking in my kitchen and driving my kids. I've had multiple nannies and cleaners and it was only bearable because DH was abroad at the time and nannies were also a company of sort. having servants  can be a necessary evil but is not pleasant.[/quote]

Then maybe living in a staffed household is not your thing, and you prefer a larger degree of involvement in your day-to-day details.  Everyone's different.  And no one is cooking in her kitchen, the cook is cooking in the staff kitchen behind closed doors, and the food gets brought in and out. Re: driving the children, if one child has a game and another a playdate, someone has to be a second driver because there is no need to compromise like us people with limited means do.  But everyone is different, if this life is not for you, it's not for you.  I would personally love to have servants! It's not like my children care who washes and folds their clothes. If I was free from household work, I could dedicate myself to actual parenting. [/quote]

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