No, I do not have a servant. My husband’s grandparents do. As for those who worry about having a stranger in their house, when someone lives with you for an extended period of time, he ceases to become a stranger. The grandparents’ servant is pretty much a fixture of family life and always has been. He lives there, he cooks (and sometimes he and Grandma cook together), he cleans, he organizes everything - man, that guy has a lot of power in the house. He’s more like an event planner or a manager than someone who is always ordered around. If you need shit done, you go to Romeo.
Personally I wonder how anyone could stand to be a servant. I would not enjoy living in another person’s house. But I guess some people are made for that kind of lifestyle, and well-compensated.
You may think it is a horrible thing to say but I did in fact. Lola was just like Mammy even in appearance. She raised from a baby all the way through early college and I still visited her as an adult. She died two years ago in her 90’s and I cried my eyes out. I love you and miss you Lola.
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First, you didn’t tell US if you had servants. Second, you keep starting new topics and never reply to them, it seems. Stick to the ones you have open already, kiddo.
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We have a cleaning lady who comes in every other week. She used to have helpers so it was more like a contracting business but now she’s solo, so I guess she might qualify. Though I think of “servant” as more of an every day kind of thing.
We used to have a nanny for the kids. That might qualify (though she was never live-in).
I wouldn’t call them servants, and I too wonder what Curtis’ motivation is for starting this thread, although that’s also nothing new, but my wife and I have a number of people who perform various tasks for us. We’re both in the medical field and work 8 to 12 hour days, sometimes 7 days a week. I also travel a lot. So anything we can do to reduce personal, non work-related burdens is worth the expense.
We have…
Someone who cleans the house once a week
A crew that manages our lawn and landscaping every other week, except mowing, which is weekly
Someone who does our grocery shopping twice a week (don’t knock it til you’ve tried it)
