‘i’ve simply sufficient freckles and I’m never ever without red lipstick,’ my son read through the au pair’s application. ‘That’s off her dating profile’

The situation with composing a line similar to this one is that there’s always a danger your words should come back again to haunt you.

It really is an error, I’ve learned far too late, to produce declarations that are public things such as stopping midweek wine ingesting or otherwise not joining any longer gyms throughout the thirty days of January or never ever getting an au set. I’ve stumbled on at the very least two among these. Literally, a few times. Lately, however, it appears to be like I’m planning to stumble once again.

After way too many present juggling-related mishaps, i’ve started to the realisation that the only thing for it – because of this life of unpredictable work schedules and often travelling 2nd parents and childminders distribute in to the far corners regarding the county and little individuals usually stricken with cold temperatures viruses – can be an au set.

She states she’s ‘romantic’. Why would we wish an au pair that is romantic?

We put up a profile on some au set matching web sites, with my very own smug caution ringing in my ears. Irish folks are not cut right out for au pairs.

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