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[quote=Anonymous]To start out, I've been a nanny or have taught in various ways for a little over 10 years now. I recently returned to the US after teaching English abroad for two years and accepted a new position as a nanny. This is the first time I've ever lived in and I accepted this position because I thought it would be an easy way to get re-established in the US. I didn't come back with any furniture or really the fixings required to set up a new apartment. Since I've been back I've been meeting up with old friends I haven't seen in a couple years and re-establishing some social ties so I've been going out after work a fair bit. I haven't been coming home super late, or drunk, or bringing people back, or anything like that. Just going out in the evenings. Then, this week the mom told me that they have decided they don't think it's appropriate for me to be out at night so they're giving me a CURFEW: 8pm on work nights and 10pm on nights off! This was NOT part of our initial agreement!

I feel extremely angry and humiliated by this. I've been an independent adult for for years and feel like being given a curfew is extremely disrespectful and is being treated like a child. I also don't want to live in a situation where I won't be able to live my own life. They're a young couple and I'm their first nanny. The mb is actually a year younger than me. So, maybe this is a misunderstanding on their side?

Can they do this? What recourse do I have? I haven't confronted them about it yet, because I didn't know what to say at first. If we can't work this out, I will start looking for a new position, but I can't afford to just quit, especially without a place of my own to live in.[/quote]

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