Addicted to Having an Au Pair

This tongue in the cheek article by Daily Mail is a fun read for any host parent (to be) - A host mum deliberating life without an au pair: QUOTE My worst fears were confirmed. After 18  months in the UK, Eva felt the time had come to go home to the Czech Republic. As she broke this news, I felt the room begin  to swim and started a speedy mental calculation of how I could convince her to  stay. More money? A car? Private health insurance? But no, she said, she missed her family. It  was time to go. Fortunately, she’d anticipated my reaction,  and through an au pair agency had already lined up a friend’s sister who was  interested in the job with us. What’s more, Eva wasn’t planning to leave us  for a few weeks yet, and would happily stay on to explain everything to the new  girl. ‘Don’t worry — it will be OK,’ she reassured  me. I nearly expired with relief at this point,  steamrollered Eva flat with a bear hug and retired to the couch to ride out my  palpitations. I’ll come clean. My name is Angela, and I’m  addicted to having an au pair. Not in any weird or sinister way: I just can’t  manage without one UNQUOTE Continue reading the full article Return to Smartaupairs home page