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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s completely normal for a part time sitter to take many different babysitting jobs over time. This seems so normal to me that I’m genuinely confused. If it was making your sitter uncomfortable that is one thing, but it doesn’t sound like that’s why you’re upset. [b]I agree it would probably be more appropriate for the neighbor to come to you.[/b] It’s not as typical to go straight to the sitter but if you don’t use her on weekends why would you mind if others ask? The attitude of mine mine mine is so off putting.

These kind of threads are always so interesting to me because you’re obviously a very dedicated mom, putting a lot of work in so your kids have great caregivers. It doesn’t jive with the idea of being so incredibly unforgiving of others and unwilling to share in your community. I can’t imagine those are the kind of values you want to teach your kids (or the values you look for in these great providers!). The kind thing to do would be call your neighbor, mention that your sitter mentioned she was looking for a weekend sitter and since you know your sitter doesn’t do weekends you thought you’d reach out with some other good ones you have since she’s searching. You could even mention that if she’s looking in the future she can always come directly to you because you’re happy to share if that’s part of what is bothering you (though I don’t think that’s the underlying emotional in actuality, it sounds like more that you’re upset people will get off easy when you do the hard work)[/quote]
Why would the neighbor go to OP?  It's not OP's decision.   Should a recruiter ask my boss if it's ok to tell me about another opportunity?  No, you approach the person you're interested in hiring.  If they already have a good arrangement then that person will say no, thank you.  OP has an awfully weird sense of entitlement over the nanny.[/quote]

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