Cleaning 3 star

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What I said was

The key word here is “expect”. I don’t see how we can expect that guests will be okay with a mediocre cleaning job. There may be some that will be just fine with it, but we can’t bank on it just because you might say in your listing that it’s a family home and “lived in” sort of thing. It just seems like something that could lead to bad reviews and since it doesn’t require some outlay of cash to make sure it’s clean, but just time and care, I don’t see why a host would find it to be some onerous thing.
And yes, I agree wholeheartedly that “As expected” or "Better than expected -3s or 4s shouldn’t be seen as bad (Too bad Airbnb doesn’t see it that way) .

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I remember being pregnant for the first time at 37. At work they were doing a physical inventory, and that meant going up and down ladders to count goods. I really didn’t feel safe, but the accountant said, “I was pregnant at 27, and it would have been fine.”

All pregnancies are different. All situations with young kids are different. But when people say “enough is enough” then that’s enough.