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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a high level job at a local sub of a huge south Asian co.  My foreign coworkers tell me if I had the equivalent job in their country I'd have a nanny, a cook, a gardener, and a driver.  Sounds good to me! As it is I'm on mat leave with my 7 month old (Canada) and my house is never as tidy as I want it to be, I seldom look as great as I want and it's a huge production just to go out for a pedicure (coordinating with dh so he could watch her). [/quote]

But here's the thing that I think is being missed.  In a number of those countries where labor is cheap enough for a middle class American to live on one income and still have a crew of domestic help, the reality is that those societies have very strong caste systems that make it difficult for people to move up in income and status.  There are complicated issues.   There is a reason why the labor is so cheap.  And upward mobility is limited, especially in places where there are very strong ideas about class.

No, there's nothing wrong with employing a nanny.  But I think the people who are commenting about having a cushy embassy hobby job and a team of domestic help are really commenting on participating in a certain kind of system where most people don't really have a lot of choice in what careers they pursue.

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