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    #31
    Originally posted by oracleslave View Post
    gag for it on a first date

    Just kidding MP


    I can't help it, he was only human.
    Practically perfect in every way....there's a time and (more importantly) a place for malarkey.
    +5 Xeno Cool Points

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      #32
      Originally posted by TinTrump View Post
      Some 16 years ago I started seeing an attractive German girl working as an au pair for a married couple in the UK. She confessed she'd had an affair with the child's father for a few weeks. Shocker! So your friend was wise.

      Some years ago...

      A mate and his missus, got an au pair from Czech Rep. the agency's photo was of a studious, spectacled schoolgirl, 19? - She turns up at Victoria coach station, 5' 10" blonde blue eyed goddess with a whispy east european accent. This was much to the surprise of the family employing her. She was always walking around the house scantily clad - didn't lock the shower room door, tiny bikini in the summer etc etc

      10 months later - She ran off with my mates wife...

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        #33
        Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
        Sounds about right.

        Makes financial sense if you have four young kids, but otherwise, factor in all their taxes, holiday pay, sick pay, NI etc and it's a costly luxury.
        I knew someone who got an au pair, and it was cheaper by dint of throwing accommodation in for free. It meant his wife could work full time so it did pay for itself.

        The au pair was a great cook and they'd never eaten better
        Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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          #34
          Originally posted by Sysman View Post
          I knew someone who got an au pair, and it was cheaper by dint of throwing accommodation in for free. It meant his wife could work full time so it did pay for itself.

          The au pair was a great cook and they'd never eaten better
          I also try to live on a diet of au pairs

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            #35
            Originally posted by Olly View Post
            I also try to live on a diet of au pairs
            Come to think of it I did have an au pair as a cleaner once. The family she was staying with wouldn't let her have the agreed holiday and didn't pay her either, so she found a spot to live and and took up cleaning jobs. She also did my washing and ironing - I used really look forward to getting home on the day she'd been 'cos everything was really spot on.
            Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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              #36
              A chap I used to work with used to have an au pair. He recommended against it: "It's yet another bloody teenager in the house".
              My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.

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