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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, do you live on a farm?  What about your household can be possibly so time consuming without kids?  Are you remodeling your house or something?  Are your "pets" cows and chicken and goats?  I get it that you are pg, totally normal to feel tired now, but based on your other posts you felt like you needed to stay home to just take care of regular stuff for two grown up adults.   [/quote]

OP here.  I don't feel like I need to stay home just to take care of the house, but what I'm saying is that working full-time and taking care of the house is like working a full-time job plus a part-time job.  The best scenario would be work part-time, take care of the house part-time (pre-kids).  Once I have the baby, I think the best scenarios is work part-time and have a part-time nanny, or stay home full-time and have a part-time nanny.

There is a lot that goes into maintaining a SFH.  I have a messy hubby, so there is more cleaning, my pets are messy, and hubby works long hours.  Cleaning/laundry takes about 7 hours per week, which includes bathrooms, sweeping, vacuuming, changing bedsheets and towels, doing all laundry, ironing, and general tidying.  Cooking/meal planning/grocery shopping takes about 10 hours per week, including packing 2 sets of lunches for work.  Organizing/home maintenance takes about 4 hours per week.  Yardwork is about 3 hours per week, though in the winter we do none.  Errands/Target is about 5 hours per week.  Pet care (2 dogs) is about 6 hours per week.  That adds up to basically a part-time job.  When you have one person doing most of this, the hours add up.  I'm not sure what is so hard to understand about why taking care of a house is very time-consuming.  We don't have a housekeeper or anything.

I'm just saying that when you work full-time, and do all the household stuff, plus commutes, then it is very stressful to get it all done and not feel like you're always rushing around and on the go.  [/quote]

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