Once a week person to help clean house? -is that too often

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  • raylenebrooks
    raylenebrooks Posts: 137 Member
    I used to have merry maids once a week changed sheets and cleaned kids rooms as well as the rest of the house soooo worth it. If I can get out of debt and savings back where it was pre adopting I would for sure have them once a week again :)
  • ripemango
    ripemango Posts: 534 Member
    if u can afford, i don't see why not
  • ripemango
    ripemango Posts: 534 Member
    Since he is the 1 w the issue about it, then he should pull up the slack and throw more of his efforts into the housecleaning.
    He works from home and thinks besids not needing it, it disturbs him.
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    If you can afford it, I don't see the harm.
  • ZeroTX
    ZeroTX Posts: 179 Member
    Does nobody clean their own places anymore? How messy can your house be if you can't clean it? I have four kids, a dog, a cat and we both worked at one point. I managed to clean my house, do my shopping, kids to school etc and get to work on time. It's called time management. What kind of message does it send to your children if you can't even clean up after yourselves? Sorry just my opinion.

    How dirty does it get that twice a month maid service isn't enough??
  • Nix143
    Nix143 Posts: 522 Member
    Since he is the 1 w the issue about it, then he should pull up the slack and throw more of his efforts into the housecleaning.


    This was my thought. Do you split the household chores equally? If not, then maybe it's time to suggest that he's going to have to do more. A few weeks of this might persuade him that moving to weekly cleaning is a good idea :smile:
  • MostlyWater
    MostlyWater Posts: 4,294 Member
    Do you not doing anything in the interim?

    My sister has a husband, no kids, and a big house. She has someone once a month and believe me by then, she really needs it done. In the interim they only run the dishwasher and wash laundry.
  • Sojaided34
    Sojaided34 Posts: 113
    Does nobody clean their own places anymore? How messy can your house be if you can't clean it? I have four kids, a dog, a cat and we both worked at one point. I managed to clean my house, do my shopping, kids to school etc and get to work on time. It's called time management. What kind of message does it send to your children if you can't even clean up after yourselves? Sorry just my opinion.

    I can't believe that people spend money on cable. I haven't watched TV in about 9 years. I spend that money on housekeepers BECAUSE I WANT TO.

    Actually, I think a housekeeper is cheaper than cable.

    I don't have cable either.
  • Sojaided34
    Sojaided34 Posts: 113
    Does nobody clean their own places anymore? How messy can your house be if you can't clean it? I have four kids, a dog, a cat and we both worked at one point. I managed to clean my house, do my shopping, kids to school etc and get to work on time. It's called time management. What kind of message does it send to your children if you can't even clean up after yourselves? Sorry just my opinion.

    My fiance and I both work 50 hour weeks, if I had kids and the spare cash I'd hire someone to help out once a week, I'd rather spend those few extra hours with my kids if I worked as much as this person does than washing windows and ironing, crikey even if it's to get her a couple of extra hours off to have a cuppa tea. Fair enough you can manage your time but I bet you're always off your feet busy, if it gives you a break what's the harm. And I don't think it gives this person any sort of negative message to her kids at all, my Mum used to hire a man to wash the windows once a month, I don't think I stewed thinking "god I've got such bone idle parents" it was just a thing that happened among other things a fairly neutral memory and message if you will, judgey mcjudge pants.

    Sorry I'm not judging anyone. Again my opinion. When someone asks for an opinion I am entitled to give it. If she didn't want it, then don't post it. By the way, I spend time with my kids all the time and I don't clean for hours on end. I do happen to know a woman who happens to have a housekeeper 2x a week. She's got 2 kids and BECAUSE they have a housekeeper, they act like they can make as much mess as they want because they're not the ones that have to clean it. That is what I meant about "what are you teaching your kids". I actually have a few friends who have people come in and clean once a month. And the same with them. They dirty the house as much as possible because they don't clean it. My boyfriends mother had a cleaning lady as well when he was younger. Long term effect: he's a dirty slob who cleans nothing and puts nothing away. But again how dirty are your houses that it takes hours to clean even if you work 50 hours a week? I have a house: basement, main floor and upstairs. Takes me all of 45 min to clean it once a week. Daily chores such as genreal tidying, dishes (don't have a dishwasher) and sweeping takes 20 min tops. Which I do when the kids are having their down time (watching a movie or playing quietly or when they are in bed.
  • Jessamyfrm
    Jessamyfrm Posts: 89
    If you can afford it and think you need it, it's not too much, especially if it keeps the stress factor low.

    ^^
  • blues4miles
    blues4miles Posts: 1,481 Member
    No kids here, just two adults working full time. We used to pay someone once a week to clean the kitchen. It was a family member that needed/wanted the money. Oddly my husband feels more okay with a family member coming in and cleaning our filth rather than a stranger (I'd prefer a stranger and not have to let family know how disgusting we are). It was a lifesaver. There's plenty of cleaning/chores we both do already on a weekly basis. Just having someone to come and make the kitchen spotless once a week was so freaking amazing. It also meant that was one less thing he and I could disagree about whose "turn" it was, or whose "responsibility". Even if you try to make things fair and you're both pitching in, it's difficult not to play chore wars and argue about who's done more. And honestly, I HATE cleaning the kitchen. I'd rather do laundry every single night than have to clean the kitchen. So I see nothing wrong with paying someone. Unfortunately now I do not have the funding to support someone else cleaning the house so it's back on us. But if you can afford it I say do it. The mental stress-relief is so worth it.
  • thrld
    thrld Posts: 610 Member
    The only thing that matters is - Do you think you need it, can you afford it, and would it provide you with value (more time, less stress, safer/cleaner environment for kids etc).

    Because it doesn't matter what other people think. It just doesn't matter.

    There will always be people who think you should wash your own car. Who think you should bake your own bread. Who think you should knit your own sweaters. Who think you should clip your pets toenails yourself. Who think you should cut your own hair. Who think spending money on magazines, on cell phones, on electricity is a waste (why don't you have your own wind turbine?) What is most important is that it is right for you.
  • NatashaShen
    NatashaShen Posts: 295 Member
    My mom is a house keeper, most of her clients are elderly. But there's some she goes to every 2 weeks and some she sees every week. If you can afford it, just do it. No shame in getting help with the house work. If I could afford it, I'd do it too just because I don't like dusting lol.

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