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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Apologize to nanny and tell her you cannot cancel the trip, but you can cancel your mother. Ask if this is acceptable and emphasize no hard feelings as it was your mistake.

Tell your mother your nanny is threatening to quit and you can’t afford to lose the care. Emphasize this was your mistake and rebook her for another special weekend.[/quote]

Where did OP say she was threatening to quit?  You people are something else.  [b]She was trying to be helpful -[/b] presumably her kids are in school most of the day when the nanny's on duty and this is 3 full days and nights.  WTF?[/quote]

NP. All I can say is that if DH invited his mother here to help me take care of the kids while he traveled without discussing it with me first there would be hell to pay.

Also, the fact that OP didn't discuss it with the nanny first is very telling.[/quote]

Hold up.

There is a massive difference between not consulting your wife and not consulting your nanny.  Your spouse is an equal.  You make decisions together.  Your nanny is an employee hired to do a job.  You don’t consult them in regards to your children, family and Home.  They are hired to do a job, and if they aren’t willing to do it.  Find someone else.[/quote]

There is a difference, agreed, but in this case that's the problem. OP hired the nanny to do a job, and then changed the job without consulting the nanny. So the nanny, not unreasonably, declined to take the new job. That's how that goes. OP can either go back to the terms of the original job, or can find someone new to do the job she now wants done.[/quote]

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