Outsourcing our 'domestic demands'
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Outsourcing our 'domestic demands'
| Thu, 03-13-2008 - 10:55pm |
About 10 yrs ago I was listening to a VP at my company (fortune 500) and realized that she had it all - the career/kids/husband (not in any particular order).
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Now you're just being snippy. :p
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Great post!!!!!
swear to God on my mothers grave -- NEVER entered my mind. Ijust want my house clean.
seriously.
- Jeane "Dear Abby" Phillips, in an interview with Lisa Leff.
Yes. We. Did.
If my and my DH's situations were exactly reversed, with me having the career that he does and the hours and shifts that come with it as part and parcel of the job, and he were at home with one child and able to fit his sporadic freelance work in quite easily when she was sleeping or at school, then yes, absolutely.
In reality, he'd be miserable as a SAHD and I'd be miserable doing what he does (not to mention completely unqualified!), so it's hard to seriously imagine that.
>>In our case, it's 90 minutes every two weeks. Surely it's no biggie to plan a trip to the grocery store or a playdate for that short a time?<<
6 minutes a day....to me the hassle (if hassle = unnecessary annoyance) of even having to be there at a certain time to let them in, and to leave certain areas dirty for a day or two because the cleaner's coming on Friday and that's what they're planning on doing, would outweight the benefit of saving myself 6 whole minutes a day.
So, you recognize that if you see doing all your own housework as one of many ways to help instill personal responsibility in yourselves and in your kids, and the choice to use it or not as essentially value-free.
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