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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you can't afford to buy food for the nanny at your house, you can't afford a nanny.[/quote]
Can we be honest here? So why don't you want her eating your food? Just the money??[/quote]

Yes, the money. I'm an MB who offers my nanny anything in the house, but I expect that she puts forth her best effort to bring herself enough food (and she does). Sometimes she eats what she feeds the kids, sometimes she has some fruit or makes herself coffee and that is 100% fine and expected. Feeding someone three meals a day, particularly if you are shopping for specifically what they want, is very expensive. We had an au pair at one point too, where room and board is part of their compensation. It added an extra $200 a month to our grocery bill. That is completely fine and I did not begrudge our AP any food she wanted because food is part of the deal. But it's not an accepted or regulated part of the deal with a live-out nanny. Even if it was only costing me $100 a month, if I'm paying my nanny a salary commensurate with her experience, the service I want, and in line with local averages, then there is no reason I should be mandated on top of that to pay an extra $100+ a month for food. Particularly since she is free to bring her own or help herself in an emergency or even step into chipotle when she's out with the kids to grab lunch if she's forgotten to pack something.

Simply because I can "afford" that extra money doesn't mean I am cheap if I choose not to spend it. It doesn't mean I am not treating my nanny well or that I can't afford to have a nanny. It means that I expect my nanny, who is already paid an appropriate amount, to act like the rest of us adults with jobs and ensure that her daily personal needs are met while at her place of employment. [/quote]

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