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[quote=Anonymous]I grew up middle class in the Midwest, and we always had a weekly house-cleaner.  My parents both worked in FT sales careers and so they figured their time was better spent earning money than cleaning.  (Both often worked on Saturdays, for example.)  For people who work on a salary, the calculation may be different.

My DH grew up where they spent Saturdays cleaning and doing household chores.  His parents both worked FT.

When I went to college (in 1990 :-), I had not done heavy cleaning before, but it was no problem to learn right away.  I cleaned my own dorm (and later apartment) for 8 years through college/law school/first job.  I really enjoy cleaning.  (Just because you have a house-cleaner as a kid does not mean that you don't learn to do cleaning.  If anything you get used to having a nice clean house and want that for yourself.)

Then at age 26, I found a lady who cleaned apartments 1x per week.  Like my mom, I felt like I could earn more money working hard at my job than cleaning.

Now DH and I both work FT and have 3 kids.  We've always had a weekly house-cleaner.  I wish I could be a SAHM and clean my own house.  But we found a great lady who has a team that comes in and spends a few hours each week.  It's so great to come home and have the house thoroughly clean.  We pay them $125/week.

I once read that one of the big reasons for arguments among couples is the division of housework.  A common suggestion was to hire a house-cleaner to come.  I think it's probably good for the marriage if divison of housework is an issue. (My DH is a neat-nick and so I don't think it would have been an issue for us.)

For people who think it's strange to have a stranger in the house, I don't think that's an issue.  It's a pretty common occurrence to have someone clean.

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