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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]sorry, but this just doesn't make any sense to me. it's normal for women who married rich to continue working, but not as nannies. nannies are household servants. it blows mind that somebody rich would do it. she could work with children/spend time with them or whatever it is that makes work pleasurable in 10 different, more appealing ways.[/quote]

I thought nannies could make as much as or more than teachers in some cases? Maybe she likes being a nanny and wants the security of her own income (a reason for continuing to work that plenty of women cite.) Why is that so crazy?[/quote]

because you are a servant. it's not just about working with children - it's about taking orders of people who, in this case, are supposedly 10 layers of status below you. so, in the evening you go to some white tie event with the president and the next morning you are driving traffic the suburbs from your $5 million georgetown house because some 100K making family's dog went missing so they need you to show up early. it's just too much for me to believe - i think some important info here is missing. to top it all - the OP's english also sounds very bad, like from someone with a HS diploma. nothing wrong with that, but just adds to the implausibility of it all.[/quote]

You are ridiculous. I was a nanny for almost 10 years. For the last 2 I was working for a family that I really loved while my husband was making 260k. I was making $49k as a nanny and I loved my job, so had no reason to quit for that period of time. The only reason why I don't work for the same family anymore is because we decided to buy a house closer to his mom, since I have no family in the country. We did this based on wanting to have a baby (I already have a young child). I am glad we did, I love the area where we live now and love having his mom help with the kids, but I had to give up being a nanny because the market here is very different from DC, so now I work as an Admin and make $35k. By your description of what a nanny is (a servant, in your opinion) and how dismissive you are of people who take care of children for a living, I do feel bad for your nanny, if you have one (although I hope you don't.)[/quote]

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