Have you ever been mistaken as your child's nanny?
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Anonymous
| I have and it was so strange. I guess it had to do wih looking like a youngish parent for this area and the fact that my kid is mixed and I'm not. Has his happened to you? |
Anonymous
| My nanny gets complimented on how cute her (my) baby is whenever they go out. Not the same, I know. |
Anonymous
| It was assumed I was babysitting often. I'm half latino and in the summer I get pretty dark, and I was a teen mom. |
Anonymous
| Yep! Same situation. "Younger" mom, mixed kid. I chose to believe it was definitely because I looked too young to have a baby and not that my baby didn't look related to me. (I'm 29 btw, so really only "young" by crazy DC standards.) |
Anonymous
| Yes. I don't know if I was doing a better or worse job than they would expect. 2/3 times it was a nanny assuming I wasn't the mother. |
Anonymous
| Every day of my life. I have darker skin than my children so its assumed often. |
Anonymous
| I do all the time. I think it is a combo of me looking young (and starting young) to have teens and lots of au pairs around. Nothing to do with skin color. |
Anonymous
| I'm a younger mom and have two mixed kids (I'm white). I've never been mistaken for the nanny. |
Anonymous
| Granny, yes; nanny, no. |
Anonymous
Op here. Same age! I agree it's not young at all compared to most of the country. |
Anonymous
Do you live close-in or far out? |
Anonymous
| Yep. I look latina and I'm youngish (29). My son is very fair skinned and blonde. I was actually blonde too when I was a baby but strangers don't know that! |
Anonymous
| 2 times. NeighbOr came to introduce herself and when I answered the door asked if I lived there. She assumed I was a nanny. I look Latina though I am not. Second time with baby number Two who somehow turned out to be blind and fair. When I corrected the person and told her hat I am his mom she said " why is he so fair?" |
Anonymous
| I am pp my baby is Blond not blind! |
Anonymous
Thank goodness! Lol |