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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a mom and can't imagine not helping my daughter after birth. I would love to cook and clean for her. OP's mom is out of line and is a shitty mom.[/quote]

You’re clearly not a WASP.  It’s a cultural thing.  You don’t clean someone else’s house.  Nor do you ask someone else to do so.  My mom could be on her death bed and would never ask someone else to clean her house.  It’s not something that is done.  It would be like having a party and asking guests to clean.  Other people don’t clean your house.  End of story.  Her mom was probably embarrassed to have been asked.  [/quote]

[b]I’m as WASP as they come. I come from a wealthy family and had zero help after birth from both my wealthy family and dhs working class family (both white). I was shocked to get no help and I didn’t ask for any. Just visiting me after birth would have been lovely but our families didn’t even do that. They wanted us to travel and spend the night. [/b]

Like I said, I can’t imagine helping my daughter or sons out. They’re toddlers and a newborn now but I look forward to it. Truly I don’t mind cleaning or cooking and I’ve done it for a few friends. Friends are more helpful than family often. [/quote]

I think you might be surprised when you get older.  I mean technically your elderly parents could use help cleaning their house, right?  Are you going over and cleaning it or are you merely visiting them?

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Elderly parents? My parents are late 50s when my kids were born. I have coworkers still working at that age and manage. [/quote]

Most urban professionals don’t have parents in their 50s.  [/quote]

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