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OK, here's the situation:
Last month, I moved in with DBF. Things are going great, except for one tiny little bitty thang!
He has a maid (two, actually) who clean his house twice a month. Basically, all they do is dust and vacuum, for which he pays the princely sum of $35 per visit. He claims the work takes them 3 hours ... I think they're probably watching TV for 2 of those hours. (DBF and I both are neatniks.)
He has had these maids for years ... they even cleaned the house while his last GF lived here, despite the fact she didn't work (was retired) but apparently couldn't find time in her busy day to dust and vacuum!
OK, that was catty of me. Moving right along now ...
I had told DBF in advance that when I moved in, he could cancel the maids ... I certainly don't need someone to clean my house! He initially said he would do so, but then after I moved in, he decided to would keep them until I was settled in ... so, OK, it's been a month ... now he says he wants to keep them until after I go back to work ... says he doesn't want to overwork me!
(I don't think anyone has ever worried about me being overworked before, LOL!)
Well, that's sweet, but really, dusting and vacuuming are no big deal!
And it annoys me, because when something needs to be cleaned, I want to clean it NOW! Like yesterday, I noticed dust on the computer desk ... but it's, like, "I shouldn't clean that, because the maids are coming tomorrow ... " but in the meantime, if I don't clean it, I have to look at the dust, and it irritates me every time I notice it!
Also, it squicks me out to think of strangers going through my closets and maybe peeking into my underwear drawer!
DBF and I talked last night, and he agreed to cancel them, and said he'd leave a note for them this morning, but I just noticed he left their money on the kitchen table, with no note.
I guess I shouldn't really care, since I'm not the one paying for it, but it really does give me the creeps to have strangers going through my house when I'm not here. I know how silly that sounds, but still ,,,,,,.
I'm wondering if I should just keep my mouth shut and put up with it, since he is wonderful to live with otherwise and it's hardly worth fighting over?
Or should I bring it up again, and if so, what can I say to convince him?
Last month, I moved in with DBF. Things are going great, except for one tiny little bitty thang!
He has a maid (two, actually) who clean his house twice a month. Basically, all they do is dust and vacuum, for which he pays the princely sum of $35 per visit. He claims the work takes them 3 hours ... I think they're probably watching TV for 2 of those hours. (DBF and I both are neatniks.)
He has had these maids for years ... they even cleaned the house while his last GF lived here, despite the fact she didn't work (was retired) but apparently couldn't find time in her busy day to dust and vacuum!
OK, that was catty of me. Moving right along now ...
I had told DBF in advance that when I moved in, he could cancel the maids ... I certainly don't need someone to clean my house! He initially said he would do so, but then after I moved in, he decided to would keep them until I was settled in ... so, OK, it's been a month ... now he says he wants to keep them until after I go back to work ... says he doesn't want to overwork me!
(I don't think anyone has ever worried about me being overworked before, LOL!)
Well, that's sweet, but really, dusting and vacuuming are no big deal!
And it annoys me, because when something needs to be cleaned, I want to clean it NOW! Like yesterday, I noticed dust on the computer desk ... but it's, like, "I shouldn't clean that, because the maids are coming tomorrow ... " but in the meantime, if I don't clean it, I have to look at the dust, and it irritates me every time I notice it!
Also, it squicks me out to think of strangers going through my closets and maybe peeking into my underwear drawer!
DBF and I talked last night, and he agreed to cancel them, and said he'd leave a note for them this morning, but I just noticed he left their money on the kitchen table, with no note.
I guess I shouldn't really care, since I'm not the one paying for it, but it really does give me the creeps to have strangers going through my house when I'm not here. I know how silly that sounds, but still ,,,,,,.
I'm wondering if I should just keep my mouth shut and put up with it, since he is wonderful to live with otherwise and it's hardly worth fighting over?
Or should I bring it up again, and if so, what can I say to convince him?