Having a cleaner, lazy or necessary??

I understand your siyuation, don't pay attention to your friends. If both of you are bus, then it does not cost anything to put a cleaner to clean your house at least twice a day. Moreover this will help you both to have a small free time for each other. And you are nit lazy, if i was in your place, i would do the same thing.

I only wish that they had cleaning services in the area where I live. I think there are a few women (if you know how to find out who) that do independent type cleaning, but I've never heard much about them. If I had someone helping me around here, it would help greatly. We live in a very large home, even though it is just the two of us and a baby, but it's hard to keep a house clean of this size. All together, there are five bedrooms, three bathrooms, the kitchen, dining room, two living rooms, study, breakfast room, and then an open area where the dogs stay. The hardest things to keep clean are the hardwood floors, and of course, the windows. We stay on a pretty tight budget, so I know that if I could find someone to do cleaning, there's no way my partner would want to spend money on anything extra like that.

No. The main thing is, if you can afford it. And especially if you're both busy or even oone of you is. I wish we could, but can't. Anything you can do to spend more time together is a good thing. I think those people are just a little jeolous or envious because they can't afford it.

I think that whether to have a cleaner on a regular basis or not is completely a matter of priority. If you can afford to pay someone to come in and do a thorough and complete job every two weeks, go for it! It sounds like having a clean house and having a very busy life are both priorities to you. It's better than letting your house get dirty and cluttered to the point you have to take vacation days to clean it!

if you are busy and don't have time to clean than I think it's great to have a cleaner. However, if you have time to clean up than you should and you'll end up saving money.

it's not lazy. I think it's just really necessary. As long as you're really too busy to do all the cleaning. You're lucky for your boyfriend! Besides, you can have more time for you and your boyfriend to bond together than just clean the house.

As you said, you are busy at work and if you have a day off from work you want a quality time with your bf. SO i think it's okay to have a cleaner and it doesn't mean you are lazy. Before i had a helper to do cleaning and cooking coz i was busy with my study and it's okay as long as you can afford it.

I think that if you can afford it, and it makes your life more enjoyable, then you should do it. Not only does it allow you to have free time to spend with your boyfriend but it also gives somebody else a little extra money to pay bills or go out to eat or whatever. If I could afford to do something like that, then I probably would at least try it for a while.