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[quote=Anonymous]As a nanny, I wouldn't want to bend. As I read your post I thought to myself that perhaps you could compromise and take one week paid and one week unpaid and then I thought, "holy cow! if I had to lose an entire week's paycheck unexpectedly and through no fault of my own, I would be so upset!" it's so nice of you to want to consider a compromise and I would do the same but ultimately, losing pay because they made an error is not okay.

as the MBs above me suggested, why don't you talk about a few date nights or things you can do while you are away? I would confront this head on if you can. tell them that you really enjoy working for them and want this to be a long term relationship. tell them that while you would love to help them out, you specifically planned your weeks believing you were within your vacation times and wouldn't be missing any pay. say you are willing to renegotiate your contract for next year (if you are) and that you would be willing to do x number of "free" date nights as well as any around the house stuff they might need while they're gone (again, if you're willing).

I know it's a sucky situation and you want to help them out, but you can't penalize yourself for their mistakes - this is how you make your living. give and take in a relationship with your NF is a good thing when nobody takes advantage, so this could be your way of establishing that sort of relationship if you want one like that.

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