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[quote=Anonymous]Hi,
I was hoping to get some advice as to how to address privacy. When I interviewed our current nanny, who has been employed about three weeks, I regret I did not ask a few more questions about how she would spend her time on weekends. We have a detached garage and she lives in a room above it which is fully furnished, with bathroom, cable tv, fridge, microwave. It does not have a full kitchen. She also drives our third car which I told her she was welcome to use on weekends. She has family in the area and I expected on weekends she would be out and about visiting friends, family etc and giving us family time on the weekends. Last weekend I woke up to find her in the kitchen at 8:00 am. She spent most of the day sitting at our breakfast counter on her computer, prepared two meals for herself in the kitchen. In the past, my nannies have been eager to vacate the house as soon as 6 pm on Friday rolls around. My husband and I are two busy professionals who like to have weekends to dedicate time to our kids. My husband was very prickly about the situation and frankly very annoyed that we did not get that alone time. How do I say this in a nice way without offending her and damaging our relationship? I welcome any suggestions/critiques of the situation.

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