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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You are being petty. As hosts, you are ambassadors for your country. People overseas have enough negative things too say about Americans and now you’re the lady who wouldn’t buy her granola. You’re petty and small. It’s really quite sad.[/quote]

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I can’t imagine getting worked up over this, or feeling taken advantage of.  I assume you had an ok relationship with her until this, it’s really sad to end on a sour note for $50 of groceries!  Think of what you earn v your Au pair- I very much doubt you are effected by $10-15 a week, she might be... it would be nice if she offered to watch the kids here and there but you don’t know if she was going to or not, I’m guessing she would have been fine helping with them but now you’ve made everyone uncomfortable.

I think when life is generally good and you’re happy this isn’t something you’d give this much thought and emotion to, & a teenage girl would have to do a lot more to even be a blip on my radar.  Food for thought. [/quote]

+1000

It's rude to hand someone a bill, but the amount of money is so small that I can't imagine getting angry about it.  If your au pair does not have an income at the moment, the $10 probably matters a lot to her while it almost certainly means little to you.  [/quote]

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