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Posted by Mommy Woobie on May 15th, 2008 in Family Quirks, Mommy Thoughts

I never thought I’ll do a “do you know this person” post here in this blog.

Do you remember I talked about my son’s nanny? She, the harmless province girl who was so likeable that we all trusted her, taught us a lot about trusting and spoiling.

She asked for a vacation leave from us and we agreed. We even prepared some pasalubong (gifts) for her parents, to thank them of lending her to us for a few years while our son is at his most needy. When she arrived at our place, she had nothing, and it broke my heart to see her wear the same clothes every day. I bought her clothes, a new cell phone, toiletries and stuff. I don’t know what else she could have needed that we didn’t give her. See, during my childhood, we treated our househelp like a part of the family. I am all for paying it forward and don’t regret helping someone who had so little.

She didn’t return from her ‘vacation’, and not surprisingly, the hubby reacted worse than I did. He never saw it coming, while I did in a way. It was her first time in a new environment, she missed her life with the boys who courted her (she’s 20), and while she can eat all she wants and works less than necessary (we don’t accumulate much dirt as we work on our PCs), I found it hard to believe that she won’t miss the life of an outgoing girl.

But we trusted her, and she promised; that’s what’s got the hubby riled up. And, she didn’t inform us that she’s leaving for good (which would’ve been great!). Sadly, we were left hanging. Nonetheless, I still wish her he best and hope that she will never regret her decision. We are the first family she lived with, and perhaps she needs to learn the hard way that not all families are as kind to maids as we are; and that not every woman-of-the-house will tolerate her preening and frequent splurging on things, then complaining that she doesn’t have money anymore. I must’ve spoiled her, telling her that it’s ok to tell me if she didn’t have money for cellphone load, and I will give her promptly if she asked.

Well, nothing seems to be missing from our house and my stuff are in the right place. I haven’t checked everything though. Her silence and refusal to answer her phone means only 2 things: she took something, or she’s too ashamed to talk to me.

My make-up set is still complete and our baby wasn’t kidnapped, so all’s good. If I DID suspect her of being a bad seed, I would have bought the portable GPS system that I found at Buy.com’s weekly deals and slipped it somewhere in her bag. But she’s really a nice person, though very fickle (and still very young).

As I close this post, I could hear the hubby saying “she didn’t even have the decency to tell us she’s left for good, out of farkin’ RESPECT!” To which I say nothing, as I usually do when he’s really really mad.