OP here - just got home and none of my lights would turn on. Thought I had cursed myself and all those people who say the cleaners break things had been proven right… turns out that, unprompted, the cleaners dusted and cleaned all the light bulbs and lampshades. They just forgot to fully screw in two of them!

They are determined to give us our moneys worth!

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Anonymous wrote:Tell my husband, not me.

Same. We revisit this conversation frequently.

Same! I do have the time to clean- I just hate it and would rather be doing other things.

Get him to agree to a one-time deep-clean, and let him walk into the fresh-smelling, orderly clean house and see how happy you are to be spending your time actually doing something that makes you happy or is at least productive and he'll agree.

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Anonymous wrote:Tell my husband, not me.

Same. We revisit this conversation frequently.

Same! I do have the time to clean- I just hate it and would rather be doing other things.

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Anonymous wrote:A biweekly cleaning woman was a pre-requisite of moving in with my now DH. I swear it has solved and prevented so many arguments and atabed off resentment.

A wealthy couple I know has a cleaner 5 days a week, M-F. She does everything for them, from folding laundry to floors to dishes to organizing closets.

They’re one of the happiest couples I’ve ever met. Zero fighting and their free time is spent with each other having fun.

HHI is about $3M/year, tho.

Honestly if I had $3m/year I would do the same. i would also love a cook or a real housekeeper who does the kids' lunches and dinner. I do most of the cooking and the clean-up, and while I regard cooking as an interesting hobby, I really don't enjoy doing it every day.

Anonymous wrote:A biweekly cleaning woman was a pre-requisite of moving in with my now DH. I swear it has solved and prevented so many arguments and atabed off resentment.

A wealthy couple I know has a cleaner 5 days a week, M-F. She does everything for them, from folding laundry to floors to dishes to organizing closets.

They’re one of the happiest couples I’ve ever met. Zero fighting and their free time is spent with each other having fun.

HHI is about $3M/year, tho.

Anonymous wrote:I love cleaning! There is not way I am paying someone else to clean for me. It is rather therapeutic. I also like that it teaches my children to clean up after themselves and they a house needs a deep cleansing and constant maintenance to be livable. However, if a maid works for you, that is great

I don’t love or hate it, but I’m not good at it and can’t keep up with it. My kids do the basics, but I didn’t want them feeling like they grew up in a messy house or that their friends thought they were messy - my wife grew up with two parents who worked and went to school way too much and she still feels terrible about it, even tho there’s not REALLY a thing to feel bad about.

Anonymous wrote:I've been wanting one for years. We can afford it and dh says no. He grew up very middle class, doing everything himself and thinks it's morally wrong to pay other people to clean up after you. UGH

It’s morally wrong to make people clean up after you for free, but if you’re paying them a fair wage and not asking them to do anything you’re not paying them fairly for then how is it any different from paying to get your car washed, your septic tank pumped, your clothes dry cleaned?

I could clean my own house just like I could do all my plumbing and my taxes - but there are people who I can afford who can do a better job than me and I can spend more time on the things I’m good at and the things I want to do.

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Anonymous wrote:Check back after two months when you count the cobwebs and see cut corners. Or broken items.

Oh please, I've had various cleaners for over 20 years and I can count on one hand the number of items that have been broken, and they paid to replace all of them.

Also, how much stuff gets broken anyway? It happens.

The difference is you have a clean house.

Anonymous wrote:Check back after two months when you count the cobwebs and see cut corners. Or broken items.

Oh please, I've had various cleaners for over 20 years and I can count on one hand the number of items that have been broken, and they paid to replace all of them.

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Anonymous wrote:Life changing - you all should get one now.

How much is it per week?

$190 every two weeks and they’re here for about 90 minutes.

If the recession hits us we could even do once a month and it would be so much better than before.

Genuinely the anxiety and stress it has removed from our lives is worth it.