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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Nope, not rich but now I know why our nanny thinks we are. Thanks for clearing that up.[/quote]

I can only afford a nanny, which is incredibly expensive, because I am, in fact, rich. So your own views of your financial state seem suspect to me. [/quote]

[b]There is rich, as in rich enough to afford a nanny, and then there is rich enough to not have to budget.[/b]

There are fewer people in the second category.

OP, I had a housekeeper for a while who seemed to think that because I was her boss, I was also her "patron," and so it was entirely appropriate, in her view, for her to expect me to find money to help her visit family and support poor relatives. That experience changed how I approached hiring  domestic employees in the future. I started paying for health insurance, for example, so that my nanny wouldn't come to me to say she couldn't afford a procedure, for example.

I have to admit it made me leery of hiring people who talked about their personal lives at all in the interview. I have tried to keep things very professional, and only hire nannies who want that relationship, too.

I also ended up switching to a cleaning service away from the housekeeper.[/quote]

OP here and I totally agree with this. We are "rich enough to afford a nanny" but that doesn't mean we are "rich enough" to afford anything we want. Moreover, the only reason we are "rich enough to afford a nanny" is because we are very careful about what we do with our money and we've made childcare a priority for the time being.[/quote]

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