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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not miserable at all. Key factors:
- WFH 2x a week, fairly flexible hours the rest of the week to avoid traffic
- A great nanny, and a Mom nearby who could be around and help[/quote]

Oh, AND
- An equal partner with respect to childcare and housework

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I have been able to work remotely for years. My mom lives with us and I have a cleaning lady who comes twice a week and a cooking/prep lady who comes for 3 hours on the weekend.

When kids were little, a nanny came and worked under the eagle eye of my mom.  When they were 3 years old, we put them in a montessori school (paid full time, but used it 1/2 day for socialization only). Nanny came for part of the day. Mom supervised. I had basically 4 backups for childcare. Me, my mom, nanny and montessori school.

DH is very involved dad and does not hesitate to help or to she'll the money out to outsource.

Kids are in HS now, and I still have the cleaning lady come. [b]My cooking person now cooks and delivers.[/b]..slightly more work and inconvenience during the pandemic but no where near what employed people without childcare are facing.

Oh, also, for very long time, all my earnings was going towards paying for help...All. this was for years. We do not live in an expensive neighborhood of MoCo.[/quote]

How do you get a person to cook for you? Is this ethnic cooking or general American food? [/quote]

Either, both. The hiring process means that you test their cooking skills  and pay them for their time. When you find a good match in temperament, you hire them.  There are several types of cooking - full.meals for several days that you reheat and eat., prep kind of cooking that you need to put in the oven for it to cook, food you cook in bulk to freeze and just a lot of prep with raw materials , chopping, cleaning, roasting, boiling, kneading etc.
You can ask them to follow your recipes,  and you cAn also ask them to make their fAvorite recipes.i watch carefully how good they are in basic prep, how much oil and salt they put in food, how neatly and efficiently they can do the work and how they store and cleanup afterwards.

You have to figure out what you are looking for. What cuisine, health concerns, allergies. Food for elderly, snacks for.teens, meals for patients.  Finally, you have to be organized with your ingredients, recipes, cooking pots and pans, fridge, freezers etc. You want them to have the run of the kitchen when they are cooking. You have to have your menu and recipes.ready.
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