To want to pay for a cleaner

[Reallytired]

I work full time in a really low paid job. My job is great fun even though the pay is terrible. I am pregnant and I hate housework.

I want to pay for a cleaner, even though I probably would have to pay the cleaner more per hour than what I earn. My husband thinks I should cut back on my hours and clean the house instead.

However my job is good fun and it can't be much fun cleaning. I don't resent the fact if a cleaner earns more than me.

yanbu, and congratulations.

YANBU. Your money, your life, your choice. I have a cleaner and I would do exactly the same in your situation fwiw

You and your dh could share the housework. Or is that too radical?

YANBU

I have a cleaner and at first I hated the idea but now I could not cope without her. It's good if you get a reliable one, they are like gold dust. You have to keep giving them a little push though because they try to get away with doing less and less each week. Mine does all the big jobs like hoovering, the bathroom and the kitchen floor and dusting. She is in for 2 hour as week.

When I clean the house i do it on a Monday and take three hours to blitz the house for the month - I then sit back and think, I have just saved myself £30

I do the same with the garden, that I charge myself £10 for doing

it amazing that i save so much money and go on an extra holiday each year.

it is the only way I can face doing the jobs I dont really like doing.

Each to their own and YANBU if you want to pay someone to do a job you hate.

I would rather spend the time with my nearly seven year old son. Its worth more to me than a holiday.

My husband does do his share of the housework, infact he is very good, but he works full time as well.

However I am getting larger and really tired. I am wondering if a cleaner would give my husband a break as well as me.

We used to have a cleaner every week for three hours (was DH'sfulltime carer plus 2 DC) and when she stopped as Dh was getting better I found it hard to justify her as am SAHM BUT got her back after a year of cleaning myself. Only for 2 hours every other week but it is soo nice to come home to a clean house.

if you can afford it do it, money well spent and your DH will like it too!

YANBU.
We got a cleaner originally when my hands were buggered and I couldn't do it. However the cleaner was way better at cleaning than I was - spent half the time and did a much better job, so carried on using her.

The agencies always want you to sign up for weekly cleaning, so we found we had to ask for a one-off clean and then the cleaner would give us her mobile number.

Funny how getting someone in to do DIY jobs is considered reasonable, but for some reason lots of people think you 'should' do your own cleaning.

No way get a cleaner and enjoy. Life is too short for dusting. Besides even with a cleaner there is still housework that your dh could do .

yanbu

perfectly reasonable and sensible imo