It's neat to see the various viewpoints of people in differing places in their lives. I love this!
As for us, DH hates to actually do the lawn, but is the pickiest person I've ever seen regarding the edging and detail of the lawn! When I've hired out in the past, he didn't like the results (edge wasn't deep or crisp enough, etc.).
He usually works 6 days a week and I feel like he should not spend the 4.5-5 hours it takes to do the lawn on the 1 full day he's off. It's my preference that we hire out for it ($25-30 every other week), as I consider that much like buying back his free time. DH thinks it's a waste of $, but I just don't see it that way.
Most of this summer he has done it himself, but one day he surprised me by hiring a crew working at our neighbors to do it.
He ended up admitting how nice it was to drive up & see it finished and that he didn't have to sweat it out all day!
I was amazed that the crew pulled up, mowed the front and back yard, edged, cleaned up and packed up all in 20 minutes, all with DH liking the finished product!!
Hiring out will still just be a one-off thing going forward around here; thus keeping the balance and hence the peace.