Do you ever feel like DB dislikes you?

[Anonymous]

He never speaks to me. Only says hi and bye. It is quite strange. My old DBs would engage in polite conversation. Is this common?

[Anonymous]

DB's are for the most part very awkward in my opinion.
Mine always was until I got upset in front of him over something and he hugged me and it seemed to bring us a bit closer.
Just keep doing your job well. Doesn't sound personal to me. Some just don't know what to say or how to relate to the nanny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DB's are for the most part very awkward in my opinion.
Mine always was until I got upset in front of him over something and he hugged me and it seemed to bring us a bit closer.
Just keep doing your job well. Doesn't sound personal to me. Some just don't know what to say or how to relate to the nanny.

This. My husband is the sweetest guy in the world- he would give you the shirt off his back if you were in trouble. He's very shy though. Culturally it's acceptable for him to be this way. It's actually a sign of respect. I wouldn't worry about it. Some dbs can be flirty or talk too much.

[Anonymous]

I have noticed that as well and I don't pay attention to it any more.

[Anonymous]

Men in general are not great re: conversations.

They likely are leaving all that between you + the wife.

Or if you are younger, thinner and/or prettier than the missus he likely is not speaking to you very much just to avoid the "hot" Nanny situation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He never speaks to me. Only says hi and bye. It is quite strange. My old DBs would engage in polite conversation. Is this common?

I'll bet he's really shy. Nice that he says hi and bye since that means he makes a point of acknowledging your presence.

[Anonymous]

I've never had to deal with it, but I'm upfront that I won't work with a family if I can't have a decent conversation with either parent about their child. Hi and bye would not cut it from me, from either the mother or father, but I would have known that from the interview.

[Anonymous]

I would understand. Some people are shy not because they don't like you. Fun fact: heard that on average men speak about 7000 words per day and women at least 19000.