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[quote=Anonymous]Our first year of hosting (in 2005 -- so a very long time ago, before the internet totally connected all APs and gave them a clear picture of AP life before they came), we hosted a 19 year old AP from Germany who came and was lovely.  She loved our 3 and 1 year old and was very happy with our 10 hour days and full weekends off....until she met other 19 year old Germans and realized that most of them worked split shifts and occasional weekend hours, but none did what she did.  She started to complain that it was all Brazilians who had her hours and she couldn't get together with her German friends.  We mutually agreed to rematch after a couple of months, and then we hosted BRazilians for the next few years.  Our Brazilians were very happy with their 45 hours spread over 4.5 days since it meant they had 2.5 days off each week, and their friends all did the same.  It wasn't that anything was "wrong" with us or "wrong" with our 19 year old german -- she just found herself in an odd situation.  We have often said that once our kids turned 4 and 6, she would have been a great AP for us.  She was just the wrong AP at the time.  This is very possible, and it might make sense to consider if your Ap is also similarly "mismatched" in her schedule compared to her friends.[/quote]

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