Anonymous
10/29/2020 17:00
Subject: Anyone still trying to match these days?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Agree that getting an AP now would be too hard. No trips, no restaurants, no friends over. I don’t want to have to police another person’s covid exposure. And what would be the point for the AP?
Some candidates feel like the whole world is kind of stuck anyway, so they may as well try a new experience and save money[/quote]
We asked our AP (joined us for her second year) if she just wanted to go home because it wasn’t going to be the same experience. She thought about it for a week and then came back to us saying exactly that. She wasn’t going home to anything better - she’d work at a daycare, have to wear masks, and wouldn’t be able to go out. Might as well live somewhere new, save some money, and travel via car a bit while you can. We are overly accommodating about her schedule though since we know she has options that we don’t have.
Anonymous
10/06/2020 08:16
Subject: Anyone still trying to match these days?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Agree that getting an AP now would be too hard. No trips, no restaurants, no friends over. I don’t want to have to police another person’s covid exposure. And what would be the point for the AP?
Some candidates feel like the whole world is kind of stuck anyway, so they may as well try a new experience and save money
Agree see no point in it all
Anonymous
10/05/2020 17:13
Subject: Anyone still trying to match these days?
Anonymous wrote:Agree that getting an AP now would be too hard. No trips, no restaurants, no friends over. I don’t want to have to police another person’s covid exposure. And what would be the point for the AP?
Some candidates feel like the whole world is kind of stuck anyway, so they may as well try a new experience and save money
Anonymous
10/03/2020 16:55
Subject: Re:Anyone still trying to match these days?
Anonymous wrote:Hell no.
There are crazies on both sides right now... ones who said they'd extend months ago have suddenly changed their minds.
That was us! Once our AP renegged and made her intentions clear, she was persona non-grata. Our kids say that they miss her, but DH and I are so bitter and betrayed. We don't keep in touch with her anymore, as we do with our previous APs. Our kids don't understand, but I. Just. Can't.
I can only hope that karma catches up with her.
Anonymous
10/02/2020 00:08
Subject: Anyone still trying to match these days?
This is us, too. We still have our AP, who was with us pre-Covid. She will go home soon, and we are not planning to get another one for now. It just doesn't seem fair, and I don't think the au pair would be happy. While we could really use the help with our kids, I don't want to do so at the expense of our au pair's misery...