Do you keep a helper/maid for housekeeping?

There's nothing wrong with that having a housekeeper. I have 2 maids. Both of them are all around. I am just a stay at home mom, have 2 children my hubby is not around so I really need help.

Ever since i can remember we always had a manservant or maid in our house. In India there are many people who live below the poverty line and most of them are either illiterate or poorly educated.Such people find it very hard to get a job and earn enough to feed their families. Most of their problems are compounded by the fact that they do not adhere to family planning and so they have many children.They believe that more children they have te more they can earn as the children are made to work at avery young age or even made to beg on the street. So these people take up jobs with families both well-to-do and middles class, as maids or menservants. They are paid a pittance in monthly wages so they take up multiple jobs and so earn enough to keep the house running. we too have had servants in our house. Many have come and gone but now i have a maid who has been with me for 14 years and she is good, reliable and loyal. From time to time i help her with money whenever she requires it. She is also honest and can be trusted even if i have to leave the house.She also works in other households and earns a decent income. ahe was widowed when she was youn and has an 18 yr old daughter who also works in another house.

here ,as maids are available,i do hire them ,as it makes life more comfortable.since,they do some of the work ,i have some spare time to myself,which in turn reduces the stress .

If you have the money to hire an "assistant" to help make your life easier, then go for it. The family I clean house for, the husband is very tactless and finicky towards me, he treats his pregnant wife like crap (treats her like a child and treats her like she's stupid). He acts superior above his wife and me. The wife is more lenient and has more manners than him but the only problem I have of her is when she often tells me that I need to relax because I looked tense and I needed to chill out. This is insulting because housekeeping is a physical labor job. When you work all your muscles, your body gets tensed naturally. Just like when you work out. When you exercise you gonna feel stiff afterwards. Even her husband says that to me and in front of me "Yeah she/you look tense why don't you relax and calm down." And when it was time for me to get paid, he tells me sarcastically while giving the money to me "Here! You can count all of it!" and he laughs. Sometimes I want to slap his face and give him a piece of my mind. And maybe in the future, I wouldn't want to give a damn if they fired me. "Helpers" and "Assistants" should be treated with respect. We don't like to be called maids or slaves.

If you can afford one, then that's okay. It makes you have more time for yourself and less time doing all those chores. We have several because we have a huge family, and I can't imagine me cleaning and doing everything. Perhaps by the end of the week, I would have killed myself and still I couldn't finish all those chores. That's why they're called house-help, because they help you. It doesn't mean you don't do anything anymore, still you have your own responsibilities, like earning, putting food on the table, and giving what your family needs. But as for cleaning, taking care of stuff then that's the job of the house help.

I am retired, so prefer to do the home making by myself. My son and daughter in law have a helper of four hours daily. She cares about cleaning, cooking and mygrandson, as well. Most young couples, whether with or without children, ask for regular help to do the cleaning. According to them, people have division of labor.

I think if you can comfortably afford to retain a housekeeper, there's nothing at all wrong with having one. If you work six days per week and having help makes life more manageable for you, I say why not? Plus, on another positive note, you are also providing someone with employment :) Since you also asked, I don't have a housekeeper and I've never had one. I currently work from home so I take care of all that myself. Some days are harder than others but I do have some flexibility which helps a great deal. I didn't have help (except for a babysitter) when I worked full-time outside the home, either, but it was more related to it being an expense that I couldn't justify.