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Originally Posted by LouisVanDerWright
Late twenties and early thirties is a bit lonely with no kids.
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Speak for yourself.
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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
but you spoke about this "problem" within the context of actually preferring to pay money to a perfect stranger to watch your children instead of letting a grandparent (or sibling, aunt, cousin, etc.) watch them for FREE all because you find contact with your relatives so onerous and unpleasant.
i'm sorry you have such a crappy family. that's gotta suck.
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One is transactional and one carries with it all of the attendant social obligations of friends or family.
I expect that I would often prefer having the nanny stay late rather than a relative coming over, for the same reason that it is much easier to go to a restaurant, pay the check and leave, rather than go to a relative’s house (bringing some kind of small gift, eating what you’re given, making conversation for probably several hours, etc).
Neither my mother nor mother-in-law are paid staff that could be called up at short notice to perform babysitting services for nothing but cash in return, but as a parent that is exactly what I would often want.