On Thu, 24 May 2018 13:00:05 -0600, U.S. Janet B. >
wrote:

>On Thu, 24 May 2018 13:58:01 -0400, jmcquown >
>wrote:
>
>>On 5/24/2018 1:10 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>> On Thu, 24 May 2018 12:32:51 -0400, jmcquown >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 5/24/2018 12:04 PM, 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. I know several couples, they travel
>>>>>> almost constantly with work, have 2-3 kids, a dog, a nanny a
>>>>>> housekeeper and lawn care person. They moved here from the big city
>>>>>> to live a more relaxed life style. I can't imagine what their life
>>>>>> was like before. 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????
>>>>>
>>>> Why didn't they hire a cook?!
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>> Perhaps they wanted to do as much as they could. I don't understand
>>> the negative reaction to people like this. I simply explained why
>>> some people would use a meal service from time to time. I live in a
>>> community full of busy people like this who want to retain as much
>>> family time as they can without the intrusion of live in help.
>>> Janet US
>>>
>>They wanted to do as much as they could by hiring a housekeeper and a
>>nanny? Hands on. Sure. It sounds to me like s very posh lifestyle and
>>not like the parents want to be much involved with their children.
>>
>>Ordering a meal kit won't make the family be any closer. It's a
>>marketing image.
>>
>>Jill
>
>Weekly housecleaning help (I know there are women here who have that)
>and weekly lawn service (I know there are people here who have that)
>and someone to take and pick up the kids from school (that is a common
>thing these days, maybe grandma?). If I had used different words than
>nanny and housekeeper you would have been able to look around and find
>many couples around you (all of RFC) who do the same thing. The
>words nanny, housekeeper, lawn care are the words used in my community
>but apparently are trigger words for some folks here. Posh lifestyle?
>Not hardly.
>Janet US

Very hard work, we had three small kids when we elected to stay in
Canada and with all the uncertainty that involved my working was part
of the security. We had routines, like kids rotating duties, in order
to get it all done but it sure as hell wasn't easy. When my kids look
back, they laugh about some things but I have never once heard one of
them suggest they were unhappy or felt hard done by. I reckoned that
all said and done, I had Sunday afternoons off per week.

I recall one one occasion my son revolted about emptying the
dishwasher, he stupidly claimed it was 'womans work' - baaad idea
Actually at work I saw a lovely cartoon, Lucy and Peanuts in the water
and he says 'You don't have one of these' and she lifted her dress and
said 'No, but with one of these I can have all of those I want' - so
that was pinned on the 'fridge