Plus saves us a regular fight on the dirty state of our house.
+1
We don't have a housecleaner yet, but are talking about it (I'm pregnant and exhausted frequently). My options are:
1) Resentfully do it all (vast majority of household chores because DH sees no point to EVER doing things like cleaning bathrooms, vacuuming etc., in addition to nursing/pumping every 2 hrs while working full-time) on little sleep until I break, at which point we get an expensive divorce; OR
2) Getting a housecleaner
I don't
like paying for something that can be done by the two of us, but since I can't get DH to help much, it causes no end of stress and fights. I agree is not's fully mustachian, but it is cheaper than a therapist or divorce. Since DH believes you don't have a real marital problem if you can solve it by throwing money you have at the issue (not something we do often), I think I'm going to take him up on it and insist on getting one about month 8 or so. At least that'll mean I'll only be doing most of the cooking, dishes, and laundry.
I don't know why people who are anti-cleaning service always have to take it to this extreme. It's like the Godwin's Law of housekeeper posts on MMM. How many posts until someone says that people with a maid service are slobs who refuse to pick up after themselves? We should have a betting pool.
Yup, it's a hot button issue around here, while other things such as spending on travel usually get a pass.