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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It just sounds like OP doesn't want to eat her meal with "the help" ... or is jealous of her sister who treats her AP like family and brings her over to her house.
OP thinks it's normal not to engage with her own children on the weekend and asks a favor to her nanny ...

I feel bad for this young AP who just arrived and has to deal with such unpleasant behavior ...[/quote]

OP here. The challenge is that I don’t like being treated like the help, by the help!
It’s my decision to have my nanny work Saturday so I can host house guests and make dinner for 20 people without having to worry about the safety of my children [/quote]

Au pairs are part of the family, not the help.  The problem is that you think they’re equivalent to nannies, and they aren’t.[/quote]

APs ARE help first, then part of the family if they are a GOOD help. Families host APs because they need childcare, not because they need another family member.......  If both HF and AP are decent and treat EACH OTHER well, it would feel like a family but the care and thoughts must go both ways. 
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Gross and classist and against the stated purpose of the AP program. OP's sister erred in bring AP as probably acquainted with OP's personality warts - but OP is pretty awful and probably not a good representative of the U.S. for cultural exchange purposes. [/quote]

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