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[quote=Anonymous]Fellow nannies and parents, I would like to say thank you all so much for responding to my topic. I mean, the responses were overwhelming. Some helpful, some not so, many bashed me for lacking any common sense, etc. But I want to thank everyone nevertheless. From the OP.

Just wanted to provide a crazy update.
CAUTION: * Spoiler Alert!! * {Just joking!}

For those that advised my MB was on a power trip, you guys were 120% on the mark. The issue wasn't really about my diet or how I was negatively influencing her sons. It was about advancing her own agenda and sitting on her soapbox smirking at me. Again, it was completely unfair of her to tell me I had to bring my own lunch every day, then criticize my meal choices since they obviously didn't mesh w/her lifestyle. She made it seem like if the boys witnessed me munching on Oreos, they in turn would be negatively influenced and start asking for cookies as opposed to carrots for snacks. That I had a responsibility as a nanny to model healthy eating behavior. Since I was in HER home, she had every right to dictate my food choices. Are you guys really for real on all this??! How uneducated are you all?

Anyway, today I brought in a water bottle. SmartWater which I grabbed from my fridge and took to work today.
When my MB saw it in the fridge she asked me if it was mine. Duh much????? Of course, I said it was and I asked if there was a problem w/me storing my drink in the fridge. {Because she seemed upset, I assumed it was because my water bottle was taking up too much room, after all SmartWater bottles are pretty tall.}
She then made a snorty noise and told me from now on, she would appreciate it if I didn't bring plastic bottles into her home again. She told me I could purchase a stainless steel water bottle online for about six dollars like she did. She even instructed me to write down a website where I could do so. Then she went on to lecture me how only 7% of plastic can effectively be reduced and that plastic bottles just took up landfill space. She then tried to use her sons as an example to me. She said if I cared anything about my charges, I would do the right thing and ban plastic altogether since most of it cannot be recycled. She then asked me if I used plastic hangers at home and I admitted that I did. Then another lecture. I tried so hard not to roll my eyes. I don't disagree w/anything she said, but at this point I realized she just wants everyone else to conform to her beliefs. Again, I live in a free country and as a tax paying citizen, I have every right to do what I want. My parents already raised me. The luxury of being an adult is being able to live as I choose. If I want to eat hot cheetos w/my ham sandwich for lunch, then I have the fundamental right to. Same w/drinking from a plastic water bottle.

Later on in the day, I was putting Vaseline {petroleum jelly} on my lips {I prefer it to chapstick} and she stood in front of me and asked if my ointment contained petroleum. When I said it did, she then asked me not to apply it in her home and went off on some tirade about petroleum, etc. Honestly, I didn't understand what she was talking about.
At this point, I was just fed~up w/all the lectures already so I said I would be willing to eat all healthy/organic if she would provide my lunches. I also stated that I would bring my SmartWater from home in a stainless steel bottle from now on if she would provide the bottle.'
She looked at me like I was asking for a million dollar bonus!!

When her husband came home, I heard her whispering to him in the front room and when I saw them both, they both looked at me kinda funny.

After much thought, I am not going to work for this Type A Control Freak any longer.
I cannot stand another day in her presence.
After I get my check on Friday, it will be "Hasta Lavista Baby!"
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