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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are probably in a similar situation financially, though luckily our nannies (3 over 8 years so far) have always recognized that we were not rich and instead are just prioritizing childcare over pretty much everything else at this point.  I don't discuss our finances with our nanny but I'm also pretty sure that our spending habits make it clear that we don't have money to burn.

To me a bigger problem than my nanny thinking I was rich would be having a nanny who thinks it's ok to try to get DD to ask me to buy her a plane ticket.  I wouldn't worry about not making her uncomfortable, I would absolutely call her out on it and make it clear that it is completely unacceptable. I'd probably also use that as a starting point to lay out much of what you put in your post because none of it is unreasonable.  Finances aside, your nanny should be supporting you in teaching your kids to take care of their things.  If she's not doing that at all, then that would be another red flag to me.

There are nannies out there who understand the value of money and would be happy to pass that knowledge along to their charges.  They may not be the ones who come on DCUM to tell MBs how horrible we are, but they do exist.
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OP here. Thanks for your comments. Aside from this issue we LOVE our nanny but this has been bugging me for some time. She had DD say something to me in front of her and it was so awkward because I was caught completely off guard.  I just said something like "if we had the money I'd be happy to pay for her ticket but unfortunately we don't." [/quote]

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