Perfume
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Anonymous
| I hate that when I come home my kids, including my infant, smell like they are covered in our nanny's perfume. Fair to ask her to dial it back? |
Anonymous
As a nanny, I would never wear anything with a strong scent to work. Bring it up in a kind, respectful way. I would tell her that while you think she smells lovely, you are very sensitive to her particular perfume. Ask her to please stop wearing the scent to work. This actually happened to me with my MB. I switched fabric softener in the middle of her pregnancy. The new smell made her feel ill due to her heightened sense of smell. She acknowledge that she felt awkward and bad asking me. That made me feel better and I immediately agreed to switch scents. http://www.dcurbanmom.com/nanny-forum/posts/list/284973.page |
Anonymous
| I asked the manny not to wear cologne. He didn't seem offended in the least. |
Anonymous
| ^^my nanny has a penis everyone! Just so you all know how cool I am!! |
Anonymous
Really? |
Anonymous
Oh I'm sorry. Is there another reason you feel the constant need to broadcast the sex of your nanny? He's a nanny. |
Anonymous
I agree. I can always tell it's a certain person posting because s/he always feels the need to say "manny" or "male nanny". I find it weird. Like does it matter? |
Anonymous
| No one cares. |
Anonymous
Such drama. Manny is the correct colloquial term. No need to get on pp's case. |
Anonymous
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Oxford Dictionary
Definition of manny in English manny Syllabification: (man·ny) Pronunciation: /?man?/ noun (plural mannies) a male nanny: my husband would like us to hire a manny for our two boys Origin: 1990s: blend of man and nanny |
Anonymous
| Yes let's gender differentiate all jobs! We'll call male teachers "meachers", male nurses "murses", female engineers are femininengineers, and so on and so forth. Stupid, is it not??? Why can't we all just be what we are, who cares what's between your nanny's legs. |
Anonymous
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OP, yes, it is ok to ask your nanny not to wear perfume.
To the posters who don't like the term manny, get over it. |
Anonymous
Agreed. Just do it in a nice way instead of accusatory. I can't wear anything scented in my job, and I've had to ask a couple of students doing their clinicals to please not wear perfume/body spray the next time they come to the hospital. There is a nice way of going about it "smells can bother some people" and a rude way "when I come home my baby reeks of your perfume and you're not allowed to wear it anymore" As to the people annoyed with the term manny, if I recalls from an old post, this is how that MB's (m)nanny, refers to himself. I see nothing wrong with it if that is how he refers to himself. |
Anonymous
I'm not the pp with the male provider. Why are you so butt hurt? |
Anonymous
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Next we'll be calling male nurses murses oh wait that right they are a registered nurse not a registered murse. It's so stupid to change the title of nanny to manny it's even worse to post it every single time.
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