To want to marry my cleaner.

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I recently got a cleaner. I can’t really afford it but the joy of coming home to a beautifully sparkly house is worth eating less foie gras* and more toast.

I actually love her. I think she is awesome.

*for clarity, I have never eaten exploded duck iver.

Oooh... we cant afford it really but SOOO tempted to get one too! Bet it's lovely! Do you get her to concentrate on the whole house or just essential parts?

Mine is the same. When we come back home it sparkles and smells sooooo nice. Wouldn't marry her though, I'm happy with just paying her

Ours is pretty crap but still it's less crap than it would be if she didn't do it.

And I know, I should get rid of her, but she's nice and I feel bad etc etc.

I’m a cleaner. One of my clients has given her husband permission to marry me if she dies! Not sure if I get a say in the matter

I agree. My mum can't understand "why I would pay £40 a month for a cleaner." My response is why wouldn't I. She's lovely and does a great job.

I keep my cleaner quiet at work because I know how it would be received.

But she is magic and precious and essential - and in my house right now, making it all pretty.

They feel no restraint in talking about Sky and iPhones etc, but I would rather give up WiFi and TV than my cleaner.

Good for you.
I think a cleaner is essential if you are working full time and can afford it, to many women take on FT work, DC and Housework.
It is a win win situation for you and the cleaner flexible work.
If I won the lotto I am going to employ 3 house keepers full time.

I love my cleaner she is awesome. Hate it when she goes on holiday, it fills me with fear that I have to do it myself!

Do you get her to concentrate on the whole house or just essential parts?

She does all of it - but my house is only little!!

It also forces me to be better about tidying the night before she comes which helps the overall state of this game 😂

*of things 🙄

We've had one for a year now and it's just the best thing ever. Husband and wife team so i can't marry either of them

I love having a cleaner, she is so much more efficient than me anyway.

My cleaner is ill, so no visits from her this week. She also does my laundry, I forgot to put the machine on before work yesterday, that meant no pants to wear today.

Cleaners rule

My cleaner was so bad when I had one!

As soon as my house is finished being worked on I’m getting another. I don’t work full time as I finish early a couple of days but my kids are literally at an activity every night and I’m studying so I bloody deserve it!

My cleaner is ill, so no visits from her this week. She also does my laundry, I forgot to put the machine on before work yesterday, that meant no pants to wear today.

You only have seven pairs of underpants????

Finding a good cleaner is very much like dating I find, there are some unsuitable matches out there and you will need to kiss a few frogs and dump them after an awful first / second / third date..

When you find the right one though it's a game changer and if mine ever dumped me I'd be beyond devastated!

No, but they’re my only white clothing item so that means there is a purely pant wash to stop them going gray. Pant wash and towel wash were the only ones I hadn’t done.

Nice to read a cleaner appreciation thread.

I'm a cleaner so would like to give you a word of warning. If you marry your cleaner and she moves in, she won't do such a good job. My house is nowhere near the sparkling clean standard of my clients. When I get home I'm too bloody knackered to clean my own house

My DW and I are the most untidy people you can imagine, every 4 weeks we rush and clear up because we are terrified that our cleaners will find our house untidy. It is brilliant, we tidy up and the cleaners clean and we have a clean and tidy house.

The best is when we go away on holiday, the cleaners come while we are away, and we come back to a perfect home.
The wonderful cleaners also make our bed so we have lovely clean smooth sheets etc.
Cleaners are wonderful,

God I know how you feel. I'm recovering from a pretty major back op and my very kind and generous mother in law has offered to pay for a housekeeper /nanny to come in and do 2 hours a day of domestic bits then collect the kids from school. Holy shit my life is transformed - I am going to cry real tears when she has to go 😥

@SmileyClare My cleaner also has her own cleaner for her house as she says she would be the same otherwise

My cleaner is the cornerstone of my life tbh. She's been with us 9 years now and we have 6 blissful hours a week when she cleans, tidies, and organises us. She's having a cull of clients at the moment and I live in fear of her giving up entirely

@IWorkAtTheCheescakeFactory I expect marrying the widower is part of your terms and conditons. Check your contract!

I expect marrying the widower is part of your terms and conditons. Check your contract!

*If you marry your cleaner and she moves in, she won't do such a good job

This is an excellent insider tip.