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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here - two other things I forgot to mention in my original post.  First, this 22 per hour nanny lives in our neighborhood and can walk to work - a huge deal in Los Angeles where traffic is as bad and unpredictable as it can get.  Second, this nanny has a washer/dryer in her apartment while we only have a communal laundry room downstairs - and this nanny has offered to bring the baby's laundry home with her every night and do it on her own time (which she is currently doing at her present nanny job).

Yes, we can afford (barely) her rate if we stop all luxuries like going out to eat - but no one wants to be taken for a chump.  [/quote]

Ugh. It sounds like she would be great for your family, but that you cannot actually afford her. She shouldn't be taking your baby's laundry home, doing it in her own time, or spending money on the utilities and detergent to wash baby clothes, which have to be washed constantly. She sounds a little desperate for some reason, and is trying way too hard, and you sound like you're reaching for something you can't afford, and will inevitably take advantage of her. Move on OP. [/quote]

OP here and how in the world did you come to such ridiculous conclusions about me or the potential nanny?!  You are dead wrong.  Please move on and don't bother commenting on my thread again!  [/quote]

How? Lets see:

She, as you describe her, is well qualified and can by all means command a professional salary.

Yet she is willing to forgo lots of standard benefits, and guaranteed hours, as though she needs to do this to be competitive. She is also dumb enough to offer the use of her own washer and dryer to do baby laundry on her own unpaid time. Why? Why does she need to offer this? She's doing to much, and would be easily taken advantage of.

You on the other hand, seem to love everything about her and what she will do for you, yet are trying to find a reason to give her even less than the very little she asked for. You make it sound like she's out of your budget (can't eat out??), and make reference to being taken for a chump, as though you think she is asking too much.

Your own language brought me to that conclusion and your over the top defensiveness tells me I was right. Pay her rate or don't, but you are a taker, and she is a giver, so yes, you will probably take advantage of her. Nowhere in the rules of the forum does it say to only post if you agree with OP and will only say things that make her feel good. I will post on whatever threads I choose, thank you kindly. [/quote]

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