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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oops, hit send too soon....

OP here. We took her to the airport on Saturday, she's spending a few days on the East Coast and flying home from there. She remained "frosty" to us the rest of her stay but she was a bit frosty to begin with.   I have learned a lesson here that I will discuss this issue if an AP ever wants to stay with us for a travel month again.

I do take issue with this idea that we owe her these groceries because she took care of our kids for a year.  Sure, she did, and she cared for them and did a good job with that part.  But we have been a very generous host family with bonuses, gifts, and extra time off as we always are.  I know so many families who wouldn't even dream of buying extra "favorites" for an au pair even during the time she was working for them, much less afterwards.

Also, she's not 19 years old, she's 23, and as far as I'm concerned, an adult.  We treated her like an adult to make her own choices about things like curfew, etc. and expected adult behavior in return (which to be fair, she mostly behaved like an adult except around some of these entitlement issues).

Anyway, it's over now.  I imagine we won't stay in touch as closely as we have with previous au pairs but that's ok.[/quote]

Good for you OP! I am 100% with you on this. If my kid was ever to be an AP and behaved like this, I would like her HF to call her BS, I would like her to come home having learned from her experience with another family and be a better person, but I guess that I am the minority here![/quote]

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