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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Am I the only MB that has to do the same work on snow days--just from home? I mean, so much of work is now via email that it really makes no difference. So long as we have power, I have to work.  Try doing that AND looking after the kids- not fun! I would really not even be in a position to give the live-in nanny a snow day--would make no sense. 
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No - you're not.  The same is true for me and my husband.  So we can both be at home on snow days but still be expected to be available for conference calls, working online, etc...  Unless we've lost power we both have employers that expect us to work or take vacation time.  So our nanny stays over if bad weather is predicted.[/quote]

Your situation makes sense. OP however did not have to work. If you're also not working, and you asked your live-in to work anyway, it comes across a little bit like milking her for every dime. If this is a rare occurrence, and OP needed to actually get things done (ie. she wasn't sitting in bed watching TV while nanny dealt with the kids), it would be fine. Its when you make a habit of milking your nanny for everything you can get that breeds ill feelings. If this has been happening all winter, and OP is also the type to make her nanny work holidays that she has off, and she makes her nanny "earn her keep" while they travel, and so on and so forth, then yeah, that's going to piss your nanny off, even if "that's why you have a live in". Its human nature. No one likes working while others sit idle. It doesn't sound like that is the case here, and OP seemed to find a fair compromise. [/quote]

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