"You sit at home and do nothing": how much does housework actually cost

The development of technology has almost completely freed a man from some responsibilities that were previously an integral part of everyday life and housekeeping. Coming home from work, he absolutely does not need to run to chop wood, mow hay, collect water from a well, plow sown fields, hunt game, so that there is something to eat. And also a man does not hammer nails every day, installs partitions and lays out the walls with bricks. We can say that in the modern world, men are relieved of many responsibilities that were previously purely their prerogative.

And what about women? Well, everything is not so simple here. Even if she works, no one cancels household chores, some of which must be done daily. And from century to century these tasks are not diminished. A woman must still keep the house clean and tidy, cook almost daily, wash / iron / wash sex / fight dust, raise children, and still remain a sexual partner, a good conversationalist.

A woman comes home from work and has to stand at the stove, cook dinner for the family. And also you need to check the children's homework, help with their implementation. Then wash the dishes, do express cleaning, prepare your family for tomorrow: iron your spouse's shirt, check the cleanliness of his suit, do the same for the younger family members. A man comes home from work and rests, this is his free time.

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Perhaps it is not in vain that they say that being a housewife is a thankless task. Judge for yourself: there is no salary, no vacation, housework never ends. And at the same time, some women often hear a rather offensive phrase in their address: "Why are you tired, you sit at home all day and do nothing!" Of course, when order and cleanliness are constantly maintained, this is not noticeable. Meanwhile, the conduct of everyday life and keeping the house clean is a colossal work, which is sometimes not appreciated even by a kind word.

Let's calculate how much a man saves, whose spouse "sits without work on full support", doing all the household chores. For the assessment, we will take the optimal period - a month.

Cooking

We will consider not the person who can only be entrusted with cutting bread and cutting meat. For comparison, let's take a cook with the fourth grade. It is this indicator that allows him to prepare complex salads and stuffed dishes, various soups and aspic with jellies, as well as make baked goods, sculpt dumplings and dumplings. This luxury will cost the family an average of 2,500 rubles a day! And he will not yet wash the dishes after himself and clean up the kitchen. The price includes only cooking. By the way, this amount also does not include payment for groceries.

Perhaps it is not worth talking about the higher ranks - the fifth and sixth - they allow the chef to compose new recipes and write technological maps for them, such masters know how to prepare healing, dietary and delicious dishes.

It turns out that 75,000 rubles a month will have to be paid for a personal chef (just for cooking!).

Purchase of products

The task is also not easy. But if you want to hire a special person for this, so as not to dash around the supermarkets, avoid queues, do not carry heavy loads, then such a service costs an average of 1,000 rubles per trip to shop.

Suppose that you do not need to buy up every day, but about once every two days. In total, we get 15,000 rubles per month for the service.

Ironing

We will not talk about washing: the advent of automatic typewriters saved women from the obligation to rub their laundry in soapy water - although this is a huge relief.

But what does the price list say about such a service?

• shirts - ₽600 per 1 hour of work;
• bed linen - ₽150 per set;
• the rest of the clothes - ₽400 per hour.

So, we calculate the expenses for a month:

• Ironing shirts once a week - 2 400 rubles.
• Bed - twice a month, if it is changed according to the rules (once every 10 days). But here you need to take into account the number of family members. If this is a married couple, it turns out that two sets of bed linen are ironed per month - 300 rubles. A family with children - from ₽600 per month, subject to one child.
• As for the rest of the clothes, the woman, one way or another, irones once a week at least (when there is a baby in the house, the number increases several times). Even if you take this minimum value, it turns out that you need to set aside 1,600 rubles a month for the main ironing.

So what happens? You can generally take the minimum amount, but even then for the service of ironing things you will have to pay at least 5,000 rubles.

Fast cleaning

The price of express cleaning depends on many indicators: the degree of pollution, the area of ​​the apartment / house, a list of specific cases. But let's calculate a standard list. This includes:

• dry and wet flooring cleaning;
• removal of household waste;
• removing dust from equipment and wardrobe items;
• maintenance of mirror and glass surfaces;
• cleaning and disinfection of plumbing.

This is not a minimal list of tasks, but usually in cleaning services it is limited to only this. Such maintenance cleaning will cost an average of 2,500 rubles at a time. Now let's count. Let a woman not do everything every day and at once, but, taking into account many factors, a month the family budget will lose an average of 10,000 rubles - the amount is only approximate.

spring-cleaning

This includes all the tasks described above, as well as additional ones. They often differ from one cleaning company to another. The price may include:

• ceiling washing;
• cleaning of lighting devices - chandeliers, floor lamps, sconces, lamps;
• wiping tiles or panels in the bathroom, washrooms or kitchen;
• furniture polishing;
• cleaning upholstery;
• make the bed;
• rinse window sills;
• reading of heating radiators;
• care for doors and platbands;
• remove traces of tape, paint, plaster and much more.

The list of tasks, as already mentioned, can change. But practically in all cleaning companies the service price is the same - on average 5,000 rubles at a time.

Yes, a woman does not do general cleaning every day, but once a month for sure. Total - 5,000 rubles.

Window cleaning

It is worth mentioning that window cleaning is a seasonal task. It is unlikely that someone performs it on a monthly basis. Usually this is done in the spring, as soon as the warmth comes, and in the fall - before the first frost. But we will not exclude this obligation of a woman from the list, and even take the minimum estimate.

If you want to hire a person to wash, then you have to pay an average of 400 rubles per window. And this is often without cleaning the mosquito nets! Any apartment has at least two windows - at least! We get 800 rubles.

Nanny

Here I really would not like to devalue the role of men in raising children. Often, dads also devote quite a lot of time to their babies: they do not sleep at night, bathe babies, go to meetings in school / kindergarten and for a walk with the children, help with homework, prepare breakfast (while mom sleeps), and many, many what more.

But when a man claims that raising children is exclusively a woman's responsibility, then look at how much the babysitting service is priced at:

• The minimum cost is 250 rubles per hour. Usually this includes only taking the child to school / kindergarten and picking him up. Maybe keep him busy with games when his parents are late from work.
• If you need a person who will additionally feed the baby, help him with his homework, put him to sleep during the day - from 500 rubles per hour.
• Nanny with accommodation (when almost all responsibilities for the care and education of the child fall on a stranger) - from ₽45,000 per month.
• Tutor in various subjects - 500 rubles per hour.

We will not calculate the cost of the service and include it in the list. Prices are for general information purposes only. Of course, any mother does not at all refer to raising children in the context of "duty", but if a man constantly accuses a woman of being idle, then you can quickly sketch out the cost of babysitting services.

Conclusion

Such simple calculations tell us that if a woman housewife really sat idle all day long, she would have to hire a team of assistants. And it would cost on average no less than 110,000 rubles a month.

By the way, small responsibilities that a woman from time to time also perform are completely not taken into account here: washing the refrigerator, maintaining a family budget, sorting things in the closet, paying and calculating utility costs, caring for sick family members (nurse service!) and much, much other.