Comments on: My Year in Money: It’s Okay to Get a Housecleaner and Buy Cheese http://thebillfold.com/2012/12/my-year-in-money-its-okay-to-get-a-housecleaner-and-buy-cheese/ Everything About Money You Were Too Polite To Ask Tue, 21 May 2013 04:01:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mishaps http://thebillfold.com/2012/12/my-year-in-money-its-okay-to-get-a-housecleaner-and-buy-cheese/#comment-29156 mishaps Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:02:54 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=20698#comment-29156 I will eat packaged ramen three times a day to save money before I give up having a cleaning person again. I will eat packaged ramen three times a day to save money before I give up having a cleaning person again.

]]> By: josefinastrummer http://thebillfold.com/2012/12/my-year-in-money-its-okay-to-get-a-housecleaner-and-buy-cheese/#comment-29130 josefinastrummer Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:24:29 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=20698#comment-29130 @lizard it doesn't matter, since they live in Germany, but if she was a freelance cleaning woman in the U.S. she would need to make more than $600 per year from each customer before she had to report each of those incomes. It sounds like she is actually an artist who just cleans on the side anyway. @lizard it doesn’t matter, since they live in Germany, but if she was a freelance cleaning woman in the U.S. she would need to make more than $600 per year from each customer before she had to report each of those incomes. It sounds like she is actually an artist who just cleans on the side anyway.

]]> By: lizard http://thebillfold.com/2012/12/my-year-in-money-its-okay-to-get-a-housecleaner-and-buy-cheese/#comment-29129 lizard Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:01:04 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=20698#comment-29129 @josefinastrummer im sure she cleans other houses too @josefinastrummer im sure she cleans other houses too

]]> By: josefinastrummer http://thebillfold.com/2012/12/my-year-in-money-its-okay-to-get-a-housecleaner-and-buy-cheese/#comment-29112 josefinastrummer Tue, 01 Jan 2013 22:13:36 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=20698#comment-29112 @NoReally He lives in Berlin and she's Lithuanian, so she won't be getting any SSI. And if you make less than $600 a year, you don't report that income. If he is paying her $40 a month to clean his place, that's not $600. @NoReally He lives in Berlin and she’s Lithuanian, so she won’t be getting any SSI. And if you make less than $600 a year, you don’t report that income. If he is paying her $40 a month to clean his place, that’s not $600.

]]> By: ThatJenn http://thebillfold.com/2012/12/my-year-in-money-its-okay-to-get-a-housecleaner-and-buy-cheese/#comment-29100 ThatJenn Tue, 01 Jan 2013 16:55:11 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=20698#comment-29100 I hired someone to do my lawn once or twice a month and am SO very happy with the decision. I've been wanting to do it for years, avoiding it because I didn't want to be the kind of person who can't take care of her own lawn, and in delaying, demonstrating quite clearly and repeatedly to neighbors and code enforcement that I am very definitely the kind of person who can't take care of her own lawn. Now, my lawn is in great shape all the time and it makes me want to take care of other parts of my house, and I only pay $35-70/month (depending on time of year) for that privilege. It is 100% worth it to me to cut $35-70 out of other budgets to pay for it (and to support a local business, let's not forget!). I hired someone to do my lawn once or twice a month and am SO very happy with the decision. I’ve been wanting to do it for years, avoiding it because I didn’t want to be the kind of person who can’t take care of her own lawn, and in delaying, demonstrating quite clearly and repeatedly to neighbors and code enforcement that I am very definitely the kind of person who can’t take care of her own lawn.

Now, my lawn is in great shape all the time and it makes me want to take care of other parts of my house, and I only pay $35-70/month (depending on time of year) for that privilege. It is 100% worth it to me to cut $35-70 out of other budgets to pay for it (and to support a local business, let’s not forget!).

]]> By: eemusings@twitter http://thebillfold.com/2012/12/my-year-in-money-its-okay-to-get-a-housecleaner-and-buy-cheese/#comment-29079 eemusings@twitter Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:27:50 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=20698#comment-29079 I plan to hire a cleaner when we buy a house of our own. I don't feel I can currently justify it though given what we earn, the size of our house and the relative lack of busy-ness in our lives. My family isn't big on Christmas either. I think I went too far this year, however, by entirely neglecting to get something for my BF. Will make it up next year (we'll be married then so I really need to make an effort I think!) I plan to hire a cleaner when we buy a house of our own. I don’t feel I can currently justify it though given what we earn, the size of our house and the relative lack of busy-ness in our lives.

My family isn’t big on Christmas either. I think I went too far this year, however, by entirely neglecting to get something for my BF. Will make it up next year (we’ll be married then so I really need to make an effort I think!)

]]> By: NoReally http://thebillfold.com/2012/12/my-year-in-money-its-okay-to-get-a-housecleaner-and-buy-cheese/#comment-29071 NoReally Mon, 31 Dec 2012 19:36:01 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=20698#comment-29071 I have zero guilt over my housecleaner, and if I told her it would make me feel virtuous to fire her, clean my own toilet, and spend her income on some other luxury like pedicures or hardcover books, I don't think she would appreciate the gesture. For extra credit, do your payroll taxes, so that they get their social security, and the US gets their income tax. I have zero guilt over my housecleaner, and if I told her it would make me feel virtuous to fire her, clean my own toilet, and spend her income on some other luxury like pedicures or hardcover books, I don’t think she would appreciate the gesture.

For extra credit, do your payroll taxes, so that they get their social security, and the US gets their income tax.

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