to have employed a cleaner

[Catnao]

who lives in my village and whose child I teach?

I have finally given in and decided it's a cleaner or an appearance on "how clean is your house".

I have cleaned quite a lot in preparation for the cleaner coming - but I'm worried she'll think I'm an unbelievable slob (this would not be inaccurate, although we TRY - or at least my partner and I do - my son - mmm), and worse - TELL THE OTHER MUMS!

I think it is different - when I lived in a city none of my pupils' parents were my friends - lots are now - also as my son has got older and started school (now Y6) and has friends back a lot more, there's lots of pick up/drop offf/ sleep over situations.

In our book club there are two doctors at our practice, one teacher at the high school, two pre - school teachers, a solicitor and the owner of the local pub, amongst others - I guess it's quite live in each other's pockets already!

(This a local shop - are you local? )

(And one of the local fire men and his village shop owner wife next door have our spare house keys anyway....)

do you live in Pontypandy with naughty norman

Hello
My Mum was a cleaner (her 3rd job) for my teacher and she never ever told us anything about the house not even how many rooms it had or if she had a swimming poolI used to think teachers were rich!

I have been a house cleaner in the past. The things I have seen I really care not to remember! Ranging from the man with ocd who cleaned BEFORE I went in..to the uni professor who was often still in bed at 2pm and running around half naked when I started cleaning! I did not go around telling about the state of anyones house..you would lose their employment, although finding blood stained knickers on the kitchen floor really did push the boundaries!!

YANBU - but I wouldn't want to be the teacher of my cleaner's child...a bit too close for comfort

what did you do with the knickers?

I wouldn't have done it. If she isn't very good it's going to be quite difficult to say so and there is the privacy (or lack of) It's all a bit too close for comfort for me - but then so is living in a small village where everyone already knows your business - it drove me bonkers!

Anyway, you've done it now, so I hope it works out for you all :)

BOAK at the knickers! Reassured that my level of squalor has not yet reached those dizzying heights!