Is paying gardeners for regular maintenance really seen as an extravagance

[Augustus40]

I have always paid gardeners to maintain my gardens front and back over the years.

The reactions I have had are very puzzling. Why is this deemed a luxury or an extravagance?

I detest gardening get bitten easily get plant allergies hayfever and a bad back.

There is enough to do running a home without killing myself gardening!

I pay £60 a month to 2 young men and they do a great job. It really cheers me up.

It is about the only small luxury I have left these days. I stopped pedicures massages and physio long ago.

Is it so unusual to support a local business in this way. People seem to have a problem with it. Can't you do it they ask! If this is such a rarity then how come gardeners are always fully booked up!

Too right! A cook and a cleaner no questions asked.

But I've never said I had an issue with it

All I said was that I see them both as extravagance. Which they are. That doesn't mean they're a bad thing or that nobody should have them.