Do you have a maid?

Water Cooler
#21

i dont’ recommend it to anyone. quality of life goes down appreciably.

#22

^cleaning lady or kid?

#23

I disagree. I think it’s a lot of fun watching them play and grow together.

And I’ll +1 what Sweep said in another thread (at least I think it was Sweep) - two kids are not twice as loud as one. Two kids are ten times as loud as one.

#24

ive got this Spanish maid that comes once a month. I pay her big tip to interlude in the nude.

#25

I like to do it myself but it is challening after kids with full-time job.

I have full time nanny (baby care + housekeeping). She does a good job but I deep clean the house every now and then.

#26

my comment was tounge in cheek. kids are great, but the path of destruction they leave is many times greater than 2x a single child. and that’s for ‘good’ kids. if you happen to get a kid that has any sort of issues, the stress just compounds.

let’s face it. kids are little asshole narcisists until you break them. that used to take 18 - 20 years, now it’s more like 30.

#27

we’re at three and might add more. once you hit two, game’s over. might as well have 10.

#28

I’m going to use that next time I’m dating some girl and the topic of kids comes up.

#29

I’m starting to get pretty nervous. Why is two so bad?!

#30

two is mostly bad because one is nothing. i think one is much closer to zero than it is to two.

two also means that caring for the kids alone is hectic and leaving your spouse to care for the kids alone creates guilt, because its hectic for her. either way, you have stress in your life 100% of the time, everywhere you go. having more kids almost makes it better as it comes with a mandatory “eff it” attitude because you’re fully out of control now and you just need to give in to the situation.

#31

Two under two is worse!!!

#32

There is baby/ toddler or whatever living in the unit above me. It is ALWAYS running around, squeeling, dropping loud things on the floor. Man, I hate that kid. I have to put on the dryer just to drown out the noise. How do you guys do it! Children just suck!

#33

^You’re a strange duck. I can’t wait to get a lapdance from you and scream HACKSAW right upon completion.

#34

^^yea, well first of all there will be no “completion”… and also, after a dance from me, you won’t be screaming anything because you won’t even remember how to SPEAK.

#35

There will be moaning and gnashing of teeth because of the blue balls.

#36

Challange Accepted.

#37

Yep. Once a week. She does the floors, kitchen, bathroom, and dusting and empties the dishwasher and folds and clean laundry we’ve piled on the couch for her. Then, once a month she does a more in-depth cleaning including the baseboards and inside and outside of windows…

#38

I have a maid that comes daily but sometimes I think I’m waisting money since I’m only really never home during the week (sleep) and maybe 1.5 days on the weekend. However, it’s nice to know that my apt. is always clean if an unexpected guest should arrive or friends join me back at my place for drinks.

#39

Getting a maid/cleaner is one of those things that you do and then instantly wonder why in the name of god you didn’t get one sooner

Life is too fecking short to stand ironing or cleaning bathrooms.

#40

My wife and I have been thinking about it for a while. We have two kids and she works. She insists on doing all the cleaning, but I just feel so guilty seeing her clean the little amount of time I’m at home on the weekends so I have to help. I’ve beeen trying to get her to call someone for nearly a year now. I just need her to understand how nice it will be!

I appreciate the commentary here!