A life taken over

You know those alien movies where the aliens arrive and take over the lives of humans and then continue in that form unknown to the neighbours? Well some times I feel like an abridged version of that happens here in HK when one employs a helper. It all starts innocently and welcomely enough. Who wouldn't want someone else to do the cleaning, washing and ironing? And then the boring cooking (particularly for kids). And then you need to be away when the bus arrives in the morning, or when it arrives in the afternoon. And then you have to be out early in the evening so the bath/bedtime routine gets taken over. And then all your special recipes are appropriated. And before you know you're (in the words of a friend of mine) only good for "shopping and sex"