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[quote=Anonymous]I buy lunch once or twice a week and get it for our nanny as well.  On the days I don't buy lunch, she doesn't eat.  I told her she can bring her own lunch or eat anything in our house, but she doesn't do that.  She implied she doesn't like food unless it's from a restaurant.  She said she has been in the habit of skipping lunch at work and it does seems like her energy level is fine.  We do not eat together.  I set aside part of my meal for my child and they eat together while I eat alone in my office.  Or if I have time, I eat with my child while our nanny eats by herself in another room.  I've told her she can eat with us but she prefers to have that time to herself.

I'm going to start letting our nanny leave the house to take a break during the first hour of nap time, from 1-2.  She will be paid during that time, of course.  Should I still buy her lunch when I get it for myself, which is at 12?  I'll have no idea whether she's actually eating lunch on her break; she could be running errands or reading a book in the park.  She's not the type to say.  I can ask if she'd like me to buy her lunch, but she'll be too polite to say yes.  I don't want to make her feel like she has to eat lunch at at the house if she'd prefer to buy her own lunch at a restaurant of her choosing an hour later.   [/quote]

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