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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You are an adult OP, you must realize that you’re not actually offering a ‘flexible’ schedule because she can’t plan around the unpredictability of her schedule to meet up with friends, etc.

You seem keen to argue your point, rather than consider the feedback of several experienced HF’s:
- Your schedule is terrible and not conducive to your AP having a social life and enjoying her time here.
- You absolutely should not expect her to work every weekend. You have her waking up with your kids, managing  them from camp pick-up through the end of the night … and she’s working 6 days a week every week. She’s not ‘low energy’, you are exploiting her and running her ragged.
- If you can afford a housekeeper 4?!? days a week (seems excessive, but hey it’s your money ;)), then you absolutely can afford to bring a consistent babysitter in on the weekends rather that running your AP ragged. Or better yet, take some of the extra money to hire more help for your events company so that you can actually spend some time with your kids (harsh statement but from what I read 100% true)
- You deem your housekeeper, fake schedule flexibility, and ‘fun’ events like your 4th of July party as perks, but they are not. Perks to an AP is extra money, time off for socializing and traveling, lowered expectations (because they aren’t Nannie’s), and not expecting laundry 5 days a week.

Lastly, I do not believe for a minute that your AP wasn’t working during your 4th of July party, which is why she is asking for extra pay for it. No family that is (ridiculously) comfortable with the AP working 6 days a week and being with their kids nearly all waking hours that they aren’t at camp, suddenly switches to not having her work during your party.

I sincerely hope that she re-matches.[/quote]

The last two APs have had exactly the same schedule, both stayed for two years. Both loved it and we stay in touch with them 
There is a lot of flexibility with our arrangement and she can take it or leave it [/quote]

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