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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well at $600 a week she hopefully saved a lot of money with no living expenses. The same thing happened to me minus pregnancy, they fired me because I was getting serious with my boyfriend. They gave me an hour to move out, luckily I had $20,000 saved from working for them with no living expenses. I ended up just moving in with my then boyfriend now husband. I was young and stupid to accept the job, but I did meet my husband while working for them so no regrets. [/quote]

Was the boyfriend related to the family?[/quote]

No, he was the computer guy at the business the husband owned. I met him when he came by the house one day to fix one of their computers, and then we ran in to each other several more times over the next 6 months before he asked me out. I think the reason they became so upset is because I started going out with him every weekend, I was never officially supposed to work weekends, but they loved having the ability to just leave the kids with me if they wanted to go out and do something. I was never paid for that extra time. When they fired me they told me I was no longer meeting their needs, and when I pushed for an actual reason the wife came out and said she didn't like that I had a boyfriend and was gone every weekend. When I said I thought I was off on the weekends, she said for the most part I was, but that the whole point of having a live-in nanny was so they wouldn't have to schedule additional help. Like I said I was young and stupid to work for them.    [/quote]
This is very common in the live in nanny world. I've had to sign contracts stating I am not dating anyone and that I won't date anyone while working. Availability in the live in nanny world is key. If I make plans on my days off I need to make sure they can be canceled at a moments notice so I can get back to work. I rarely drive more then 5 miles away from my home for this reason, I would hate to make my employers wait on me for childcare. [/quote]

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