It's nice to be a nanny.
Be nice to your nanny.
Sometimes, it's not so nice to be a nanny.
Sometimes, people are not so nice to their nanny.
I've been a nanny for 6 years now. Before that, I babysat and worked as a summer nanny for many, many years. I'm 25 years old. I thought my most recent nanny job would be the last one before I moved on to something else. Of course, I also thought it would last well into next year or longer. I did not expect to be laid off one week before Christmas.
I was so excited about Christmas this year! It was going to be my 3rd Christmas with this family and I was finally in a place where I had enough money to buy the kids great gifts. My previous Christmas gifts from the family were very generous, with gift cards tucked in as well, so I was really looking forward to seeing what I got this year.
Maybe I should have suspected something was up when I was asked to wrap all the presents for other people who didn't matter much. Well, maybe not quite at that point. But when I received some of those exact same presents for my birthday, I definitely should have started suspecting, at the very least, that I didn't matter very much. But then, the next week, Mrs Q told me I was a lifesaver and asked what she would do without me. For the first time in years, I stopped worrying that I would lose my job out-of-the-blue (more on those stories later). I relaxed. Two weeks later, I was gone.
2 comments:
Hi,
Wow, I had something very similar happen to me recently. I'm heartbroken, hurt, and yes, angry. And miss the babies SO much! Like you, didn't get to say goodbye. And now the mom is putting me off about coming to visit. I basically poured out my heart and she knows how hurt and heartbroken I am and how much I want to see them, but evidently doesn't care AT ALL -- said "it's a busy time for us" -- ha! I can't imagine how someone could be so uncaring and just plain mean. I guess I have had a cushy life, but just have never ever been around anyone who could live with themselves treating another person that way. I guess to some people, nannies are on some sub-human level where it's acceptable to be civil one day and treat us like garbage the next. If you ever want to talk, let me know!
L.
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