UO?

fancefpp

I know it's super slow these days but lets hear some good UO!!

fancefpp

1. I loathe those FB videos that are all over my newsfeed. We don't all have to be celebrities with movies!

2.  I think our society is becoming more and more lazy and entitled by the minute, and I'm included. We want to outsource all our chores - cleaning people, landscapers, snow shovelers, etc. My parents would never in a million years think about having people do that stuff for them. It just seems so much more common these days, and it's probably not needed most of the time. 

emmy236

5953fpp said:

2.  I think our society is becoming more and more lazy and entitled by the minute, and I'm included. We want to outsource all our chores - cleaning people, landscapers, snow shovelers, etc. My parents would never in a million years think about having people do that stuff for them. It just seems so much more common these days, and it's probably not needed most of the time. 

I think it's actually something that is cycling back. My grandmother, and all her friends always had a housekeeper. She was like a member of the family. My mom didn't, that was seen as old fashioned I guess for that generation. We now have yard people too (we don't get snow) and my in laws are so mad at DH but in reality it makes our life so much easier. Plus we live in a neighborhood where the HOA nazi on her golf cart will come with a ruler and measure your grass. I really want a cleaning service now that we have R.

Mine is that I love the "leggings" I have for R. I know boys shouldn't wear leggings but these are so cute and he can crawl/walk so much better in them. His lack of hips and a butt mean he has a "pants on the ground" look most of the time and he trips on regular pants a lot.

fancefpp

@linegirl313  i totally agree that it keeps people employed and that's a good thing. I paid three guys to shovel for me the other day because i felt bad they had to go door to door asking. My husband was totally going to do it but we felt bad for them. They asked for a $100 and we said that's way too much and they came down to $40 but we gave them $60 because we are suckers. 

I just think people think they deserve all these luxuries now because it's so common. They don't view it as a luxury anymore but a necessity.

PumpkinAndThePeanut

^ "deserve all these luxuries?" I'm paying for it, to enable my husband and I more time with our kids. Not sure I see that as a "luxury." We have a cleaner, a dog walker, we pay the college kid next door to mow our grass and shovel our snow, and I had a mother's helper over the summer. Yes, those things are nice to have, but I pay for these services so that my dog can get his exercise and I can spend as much time as possible with my babies. That doesn't make me entitled or lazy.

coffeeandbooks

I think a lot of families are outsourcing things like shoveling, and cleaning because people are putting in much longer hours at their own jobs now and wouldn't have any family time if they had to work super late and then come home and then have a whole list of household duties to take care of.

When I lived in nyc, I used to drop my laundry off.   We worked very hard and there was no way I was going to spend my precious weekend time doing laundry.   It cost me a few extra dollars for the drop off service and it was so worth it to me so that we could just relax and have fun.

Oohgurl

5953fpp said:

1. I loathe those FB videos that are all over my newsfeed. We don't all have to be celebrities with movies!

2.  I think our society is becoming more and more lazy and entitled by the minute, and I'm included. We want to outsource all our chores - cleaning people, landscapers, snow shovelers, etc. My parents would never in a million years think about having people do that stuff for them. It just seems so much more common these days, and it's probably not needed most of the time. 

My parents wouldn't either, but my mother also only worked part time and they couldn't afford it. Society is different than it was 20-30 years ago. The cost of living has increased forcing many mothers to have to work. Or not. Women want to work and that is their right. I do. I do not want to be a stay at home mom, mad props to those that do, but it is not for me. I do not have time to work 50 hours a week, with an hour commute both ways plus being on call often to do the things around my house and still spend time with me son.

My kid has a college savings plan started, I have no debt, so why wouldn't I contract out some housework?

PumpkinAndThePeanut

@linegirl313 - I'm on mobile so I'm squinting at it, but is your new avatar Brenda and Brandon? Love it.

Boo0512

5953fpp said:

1. I loathe those FB videos that are all over my newsfeed. We don't all have to be celebrities with movies!

2.  I think our society is becoming more and more lazy and entitled by the minute, and I'm included. We want to outsource all our chores - cleaning people, landscapers, snow shovelers, etc. My parents would never in a million years think about having people do that stuff for them. It just seems so much more common these days, and it's probably not needed most of the time. 

I see where you are coming from. People nowadays put a very high price on free time whereas 50 years ago, free time was not in the least viewed as a necessity. It is viewed as a necessity now.

Don't get me wrong I like my free time! I just happen to be married to someone who is a workaholic and thinks most people who don't do their own things are lazy. I roll my eyes at him a lot. He comes from a family who takes a lot of pride in not hiring almost anyone to do their work for them.

There is good and bad to this. My husband saves us thousands of dollars a year because he does all of our vehicle maintenance, 99% of our home maintenance, and he doesn't have any expensive hobbies. However, this comes at the cost of his time at home. We only see each other for a couple of hours a day.

PumpkinAndThePeanut

I have zero free time - I'm not even exaggerating. But I do view spending time with my babies as a necessity.

Boo0512

I agree, I wish my H spent more time at home.

coffeeandbooks

While we are speaking of luxuries , I was quoted 60 bucks for a haircut last week. Two years ago it was 35 for a haircut in that same salon using the same hairdresser. My UO is I understand that keeping the salon running costs money and that the costs go up each year but 60 bucks for a haircut is a bit insane. Spoke about this to an IRL friend and she claims that haircuts from a nice salon like this are so much better than a 15 dollar haircut at a super cuts. I disagree. A haircut is a haircut. She claimed that she got a haircut for 800 dollars one time and it was the best haircut she ever got.
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I would agree with your friend that not all haircuts are created equal.  Hair cutting is a skill, not everyone can do it well.    If you are really good at cutting hair I think you deserve to get paid well.   $800 is insane though.

Blueyed228

mslaurats said:

While we are speaking of luxuries , I was quoted 60 bucks for a haircut last week. Two years ago it was 35 for a haircut in that same salon using the same hairdresser. My UO is I understand that keeping the salon running costs money and that the costs go up each year but 60 bucks for a haircut is a bit insane. Spoke about this to an IRL friend and she claims that haircuts from a nice salon like this are so much better than a 15 dollar haircut at a super cuts. I disagree. A haircut is a haircut. She claimed that she got a haircut for 800 dollars one time and it was the best haircut she ever got.
Edited: posted too soon

I would agree with your friend that not all haircuts are created equal.  Hair cutting is a skill, not everyone can do it well.    If you are really good at cutting hair I think you deserve to get paid well.   $800 is insane though.

I agree.  I have a friend who is an amazing stylist at a really fancy salon.  His mens cuts are $150.  Womens start at $250.

That said, I dont think there is anything wrong with a Supercuts hair cut if thats your thing.

sundaesprinkles

@Blueyed228 Oh my gosh, l love your new siggy pic! Those babes are adorable!

Blueyed228

makeupgeek said:

@Blueyed228 Oh my gosh, l love your new siggy pic! Those babes are adorable!

@makeupgeek thanks lady

coffeeandbooks

@Blueyed228
omigod..yes, your siggy is too cute!!

Blueyed228

mslaurats said:

@Blueyed228
omigod..yes, your siggy is too cute!!

Thanks   Im a big AW and made Valentines Day cards to send out, so I dressed them up for the pics.

I guess that can be my UO.  I like sending out cards for all the holidays.  Now that I have babies, I make them into photo cards.

Schell2013

I'm kinda of cranky that the Olympics are interfering with my tv shows for 2 weeks.

Schell2013

beaubecca said:

Schell2013 said:

I'm kinda of cranky that the Olympics are interfering with my tv shows for 2 weeks.

Omg this. So annoying! I never knew I watched so many NBC shows

Me too.

watuzzigal

Along the lines of thinking people didn't need/think they need to "outsource" that stuff, I disagree. I had a meltdown (gosh, I've been having a lot of those lately) a few weeks ago when my H suggested we get a housecleaner once or twice a month. I felt like a failure because I couldn't do it all.

I told my mom, and she said that more people used to come together and help each other out. My mom's aunts and mom would bring the kids to one house and do all the laundry (with no washer and dryer) together and make large amounts of food and split it. They also picked up each other's slack when needed. Kids always had a place to go if someone needed to run errands, get over a migraine, etc.

So maybe they weren't technically outsourcing, but they sure weren't doing it all themselves. It's a pile of dirty baby diapers to think we can do it ALL (and I mean ALL--clean, work, have quality time together and alone, sleep, etc.) alone.

Schell2013

I tip my hats to the ladies who go to work. I do not know how they do it all. I don't think those who need help should be considered lazy or entitled. I have a high needs baby and if I had to go work I would have to get help there would be no way I could do all the chores and have a happy baby. My H works 6 days a week 14 or more hours a day and is sometimes gone for periods of time. Does me paying the neighbours boy to shovel my snow in the winter time cause I can't get my kid to nap so I can do it, or I am too exhausted to, I don't think it does.

coffeeandbooks

.I also think "back in the day," people had more kids from an early age and children were put to work and a lot families outsourced their kids to help family and neighbors.  My mom used to clean my aunt's house when she was little.
I think now children are focused on more child centric activities like school, sports, etc.,so mom's often need to get help else where.

Oohgurl

coffeeandbooks said:

.I also think "back in the day," people had more kids from an early age and children were put to work and a lot families outsourced their kids to help family and neighbors.  My mom used to clean my aunt's house when she was little.
I think now children are focused on more child centric activities like school, sports, etc.,so mom's often need to get help else where.

I think that age is a factor too. I am 36, I guarantee I would have a lot more energy if I did this at 22. It was a long time ago, but I still remember partying and functioning on no sleep like a boss. 

caden1206

Kind of late to this party, but I make no apologizes for outsourcing any household duties.  I busted my butt through college to have such "luxuries".  I will say that when I went from full time to part time we cut out the housekeeper because I thought I would have time to deep clean but with DD that isn't happening like I would like.  So she is coming back.  I am pretty sure she is going to be happy about it too because I am consistent money.