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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can all rant and rave as much as you want (and of course not getting paid would be a terrible burden for anyone), but I learned at 12, when I opened my first bank account, that I was supposed to keep enough money in savings to cover myself and all bills for 6 months out. This served me well when I got a surprise diagnosis of cancer (no income, lots of bills) and imagine it will help me out if I ever find myself unexpectedly out of a job or paycheck too.

If you have enough savings to barely cover 2-4 weeks of your life you are living beyond your means, I don't care who you are. And in the case of having a nanny, typically the most expensive form of childcare, that's an easy place to make a cut. [/quote]

How nice that life worked out this well for you. You are a asshole if you think it didn't have anything to do with luck.

And OP DID have savings, so drop the smug act. She used them for two "emergencies" already and this is the third in a row. [/quote]

You're kidding, right? OP chose to have a baby, and chose to take unpaid maternity leave for 3 months. Babies generally take 9 months in the womb. No part of that scenario is an 'emergency.'

That said, if OP can't afford the nanny, she needs to tell her the next 2-week paycheck will be her last, and the nanny can choose whether to wait it out or move on.[/quote]

OP here. The latest answers remind me why I should never post on DCUM if I want any answers based in reality.

Regarding a nanny being a want and not a need: You are totally wrong. For us, a nanny is a need because my husband and I both work unpredictable hours and travel often, and there is no daycare that would be able to accommodate our hours.  We've looked. And we don't have any family in the area, so no way that anyone would be able to help us out.

I mention this not because I feel I owe any explanation, but just so that the authors of the more absurd posts can maybe understand that they don't know anyone's situation and shouldn't be so judgmental. Also, my original question was not "do you think I can afford a nanny." It was "How are people planning to manage paying their nanny if they are furloughed."[/quote]

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