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lech, by the time they have that look, their husbands are getting the sex somewhere else.

My mother, brother & I lived w/ my mother’s parents since my father had died when I was 6 mos. old. My grandparents worked as did my mother so I needed tending & housework needed doing. Pretty much the same as BSM w/ our responsibilities as we grew but I still can’t iron. At prep school someone else was assigned to ironing my athletic game uniforms because I either burnt them or they stayed wrinkled.

“I’m like MM and Biff- I’m really uncomfortable with having things done for me.”

Forgot to also mention that the day prior to the housekeeper arriving, both Mrs C and I usually go all around the home straightening things up and have The Champs do the same with their room and playroom. The more I think about it, the more I wonder if we’re simply paying someone to clean the bathrooms. I might not even need anyone to do that if only The Champs would raise the seat and hit the bowl whenever they peed.

(Guess no PLUSAs will ever use my bathrooms again if they come over)

We have no help of any kind. No nanny. No housekeeper. No handyman. I do all of our home repairs myself. We clean the house ourselves and our children are expected to fully clean their rooms at the end of the day (except the 2 year old, he just has to make an attempt – but the 4 and 5 year old get no bedtime story unless their rooms are clean). We do all of our own yard work.

The extent to which New Yorkers rely on others to do their work for them, even when they themselves are of limited means, is just shocking to me.