Surviving without domestic help in this present day is
becoming more harder. Especially in fast paced cities like Lagos. Even as
conscientious as I felt on the matter of getting one, I am forced to have a rethink.
Women are expected to be everything these days. Have a decent well-paying job,
balance it with time for the kids, keep the home tidy and above all be the
ultimate wife to your husband. You literally lost the right to your body the
day you said ‘I do’. One is expected to be superwoman in literal terms.
This progression has made it so hard to survive without domestic
staff-nannies/househelps and the recent news about them has been quite
alarming. People have shared all kinds of tales that makes one weary of looking
for a help at all.it has suddenly become a tale of the rock and the hard place.
I was at a social gathering recently where several women chatted about their
helps. A number of them had interesting stories to share about their helps;
stories varied from theft to adultery and fornication. Two of the women felt
jilted that the helps had to go back to their villages/homes for Christmas
celebration.
