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Was it a rediculose idea

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almightysockbandit · 24/12/2018 08:09

Having a chat with mum and her friend the other day both in their 50s both early retirees when my mus says to me she wished I'd ask for more help I'm too organised and indipendant all in jest you could at least let me vaccume and mop she said,
I have been very fortunate that I have an "easy" baby so I have been able to get stuff done I'm a very tidy organised person my dad would call me Monica Grin

Anyway to the point my mum is bored her and her friend are looking for a hobby to take up some of their days and we're telling me they couldn't agree so I jokingly said mum if you want to help so much why not set up a small discounted cleaning company (dm is well off wouldn't really need the money) for new parents to which my mums friend loudly exclaimed I was being rediculois I could see the cogs going in my mums brain que 3hours of discution between mum and her friend at mine which is apparently still going on think I've let Pandora out of the box on this one

I suppose my aibu is is that a rediculose idea, I said it as a joke but I wonder would it be a useful service

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Lifeofsmiley · 24/12/2018 08:12

if they are well off and don’t need the money why would they want to go out cleaning for other people?

AfterSchoolWorry · 24/12/2018 08:15
Confused
Bunnybigears · 24/12/2018 08:17

I dont understand your post but a lot of bored retired people do volunteer work if thats what you are asking.

hidinginthenightgarden · 24/12/2018 08:19

Yep Ridiculous.

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almightysockbandit · 24/12/2018 08:20

It isn't about the money really, I said it in jest but dm likes the idea of offering a service to new parents like house keeping to take of some of the strain that comes with a new baby

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RitaTheBeater · 24/12/2018 08:21

It is a bit ridiculous. She could do no end of useful volunteer work if she wanted to. I was at hospital with my dd the other day and there was a lady in the waiting room holding people’s babies while the parent went to the loo and doing some colouring with a toddler whilst the mum breast fed her baby. There was another lady wandering around with a dog you could stroke.

She was offering to help her own daughter out, not start a small business.

AdoreTheBeach · 24/12/2018 08:22

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ElizabethMainwaring · 24/12/2018 08:22

Pandora wasn't in the box. Pandora opened the box. All of the bad things in the world were inside, and at the bottom there was Hope.

WereYouHareWhenIWasFox · 24/12/2018 08:23

You said they were looking for a hobby. How is cleaning a hobby? Are they the most dull people in the world? Come on, yes it is ridiculous.

BadgerWithSprouts · 24/12/2018 08:24

If she doesn’t need the money and just wants to help there are charities that have volunteers help vulnerable people in their homes, like giving company to the elderly or helping disabled or sick parents with day to day tasks to ease the load.

Weenurse · 24/12/2018 08:25

Nice idea, I wish this was around when my babies were little

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junebirthdaygirl · 24/12/2018 08:31

Anyone can volunteer to do anything so she can volunteer to help new mums. Even to sit with a baby while mum has a shower. A lot of yoing people are living away from their families and a bit of mature help would be great.
In the US , not sure about UK , night nannies who do all the night settling and minding are a big thing. They have less maternity leave and need to rest for going back to work.
Your dm would need to be police checked.

maras2 · 24/12/2018 08:33

Xmas Grin rita
Some folk just can't help themselves can they? Angry
adorethebeach That was very rude.

BiscuitDrama · 24/12/2018 08:35

She’d be able to do some housework/helping out as a Home start volunteer. Do you know anything about those?

AntiHop · 24/12/2018 08:35

I think that's actually a lovely idea. So many new parents don't have extended family support around them.

DanielCraigsUnderpants · 24/12/2018 08:37

I would have loved that,when my little boy was two and not sleeping I would have given anything for a bit of help

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almightysockbandit · 24/12/2018 08:41

The volunteering is a lovely idea.

Biscuitdrama no I don't but will see if she wants to look into it..

It was an off the cuff comment from me but dm seems to like the idea of helping new parents.

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easyandy101 · 24/12/2018 08:45

It's not ridiculous at all. Alot of people find retirement boring and yes they could volunteer, or they could find a way to fill their time in a way they wanted to and appealed to them.

Juells · 24/12/2018 08:47

Some mean people on this thread.

EtVoilaBrexit · 24/12/2018 08:47

The idea isnt ridiculous as such.
New mum would enjoy a bit of help. That’s what post natal doula do too (not just helping with the cleaning of course!)

But if your mum is really bored and wants to start a business (and why not?), then she needs to be thinking a bit more seriously or she will take the risk of loosing some money in the process...

TeddybearBaby · 24/12/2018 08:51

Sounds like a lovely idea. She can keep herself busy and engaged while helping others. Sounds great. There have been lots of good ideas about how she can expand on her original idea. Read some nasty, sarcastic comments. Shame. Merry Christmas!!

RitaTheBeater · 24/12/2018 08:52

Home start is a brilliant idea.

TooMuchChristmasFoodAlready · 24/12/2018 08:57

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SpikyHedgehogg · 24/12/2018 08:59

think I've let Pandora out of the box

Smile I love your turn of phrase!