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[quote=Anonymous]I served as an au pair coordinator and there are lots of costs that you won't anticipate.  Many families take the au pair on vacation and when our au pair had a gas credit card that we paid, she would frequently get snacks at the gas station for herself and her three friends, she will have friends over and if your family is having pizza you will have to get an extra pizza.  YOu'll worry that she doesn't have any warm winter clothes and feel compelled to throw a jacket into the cart when you are at Costco, etc.  YOu'll take her to the movies.  In short, if you're feeling like the costs already feel prohibitive, it will feel very difficult -- because there are wealthy families who have a lot of extra disposable income, so your au pair will hear that Regina went skiing with her family or to the Outer Banks or whatever, and it will be hard to tow the line and be like "we're never going to buy her a coffee at starbucks," etc.  Do you really want to have her sitting in your living room on CHristmas and not have a gift for her to unwrap?  Are you really going to ignore her birthday?  That's another fifty bucks at least. etc.[/quote]

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