On 5/24/2018 1:53 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 5/24/2018 12:25 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> On Thu, 24 May 2018 09:04:33 -0700 (PDT), "
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On Thursday, May 24, 2018 at 10:37:32 AM UTC-5, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>>>
>>>> some people are so time committed that they don't have time to plan
>>>> what you are talking about.Â* I know several couples, they travel
>>>> almost constantly with work, have 2-3 kids, a dog, a nanny a
>>>> housekeeper and lawn care person.Â* They moved here from the big city
>>>> to live a more relaxed life style.Â* I can't imagine what their life
>>>> was like before.Â* They claim they are living a slower pace now.
>>>> Janet US
>>>>
>>>>
>>> They have a housekeeper, a nanny, and a lawn care person and still
>>> can't put a meal on the table????
>>
>> they put meals on the table.Â* They also attend soccer, swimming, PTA
>> and the kid things.Â* But when one person is leaving or coming back
>> from the airport and the other is on the way out, it becomes difficult
>> to manage the shopping.Â* To be fair, I never said they did all their
>> meals delivered.Â* People our age can't really judge.Â* These are not
>> employees withÂ* traditional 9 to 5 jobs that I am talking about, I'm
>> talking about running their own business or being director of a bunch
>> of people all across the US.Â* The nanny takes the children to school,
>> picks them up and stays with them until the parents arrive home.
>> I believe you are thinking of the households in the old black and
>> white movies where these people live in.
>
> Not my job to be judgemental but I will be.Â* If you have a lifestyle
> that requires your kids to be raised by the hired help, you should not
> have them.Â* Do the have to have that kinds of a lifestyle?Â* No, it is
> their choice.Â* They are putting material things ahead of family.
>
That's kind of the way I look at it, Ed. Then again I don't have
children so I'm not allowed to have an opinion. Heh.

Jill