I hate to admit the fact that I was probably a little bit like the “spoiled rich kid” when I was younger. I really don’t like to think that I was, but the other alternative would be to admit to simply not being very observant of the world around me as I grew up. For example, I can remember many times hanging out at a swimming pool during the summer, and flirting with the lifeguards. Heck, I even dated a lifeguard for a while! The pool just seemed like a care-free place where chores and work did not exist.
So when my first hubby and I bought our first house together and had to go to the store and buy winterizing pool chemicals and replace the missing pool filters for the in-ground swimming pool that we fell in love with the entire idea of the work involved in keeping the swimming pool so nice and crisp and clean came as a bit of a shock to me! Fortunately my hubby said that he was happy to take care of all of the chores related to the pool because I was not going to be able to take care of the house and work my full-time job and take college courses and raise the kids AND deal with the upkeep of the swimming pool!