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Nuisance Nanny - part 2. The Aftermath.

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Writerwannabe83 · 13/06/2017 19:37

Sorry for the delay in starting the new thread but blimey, what a nightmare this is turning out to be Sad

I went round there, Mr NDN let me in and showed me through to the living room where Mrs NDN was on the sofa. I smiled at her and went straight in to my apology about swearing at her and how I shouldn't have done it, that I was just angry and frustrated and that I had lost my temper. I said I had simply been confused about the Nanny's behaviour, her excuses, the mixed up stories etc and that I had let myself get too wound up but that I shouldn't have sworn like I did. I was sincere (because I did mean it) and I genuinely thought she would accept my apology but she went mental on me.

She basically ignored what I'd said and launched into me about how unhappy she was about the fact she'd come home to find her Nanny all upset because apparently I'd been threatening and intimidating towards her!!!!!!

Mrs NDN then said that I should be ashamed of myself for upsetting a young woman so much and that if I had any problems with their Nanny then I should be speaking to her and her DH as the employers, not being aggressive towards the Nanny herself which is a complete U-Turn from what she said to me yesterday!!

I started to try and explain about the parking but she brushed me off and said she knew I'd parked across their drive and that the Nanny had simply made an innocent mistake by parking across my drive again as she'd honestly believed I was at work and that my response to park across their drive had been a total overreaction.

I said to Mrs NDN that yesterday she told me that if I had any issues with the Nanny then I was take it up directly with the Nanny, so why now is she having a go at me for having done doing exactly that?!

It was so bizarre!! Yesterday Mrs NDN was throwing her Nanny under the Bus but during her rant at me she was acting as though the Nanny is all pure and wholesome!

Apparently the Nanny has told the NDNs that she needs some time to think about whether she can continue working with them as she no longer feels comfortable working in an environment where she feels vulnerable!!!

It's absolutely crazy!!!!!
I feel like I'm living on another planet.

Mr NDN didn't really say anything, he just sat there whilst his wife ranted at me.

I'm back home now and have been quite tearful about it to DH. I genuinely wasn't aggressive or threatening to the Nanny, I was just being firm. I feel like I'm now the Bad Guy in this situation and the Nanny is the victim. It didn't even occur to me that I might be upsetting the Nanny when I spoke to her before I moved my car.....I didn't think she was the type of person who could get upset....she's been so bloody unbelievable that I thought she'd be too brass necked to feel intimidated by anyone.

I'm just so shocked and this really wasn't what I was expecting.

My DH is furious and I've had to hold him back from going round there himself. He said the Nanny has obviously just turned on the waterworks to the NDN to save her own skin and portray me as the one being in the wrong to take the focus off what she'd done.

I want to believe him, I can imagine the Nanny probably would be that manipulative but it doesn't make me feel any less crap or upset Sad

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RMC123 · 15/06/2017 10:08

This makes me worry for our country - if a police officer thinks that the way she behaved was acceptable...what is she like in stressful work situations - she should be able to cope*

. It maybe we'll be that she copes very well at work and the build up means little things in her personal life tip her over the edge.
I have a very stressful top and have always managed to keep my cool a work. Not always at home.

RMC123 · 15/06/2017 10:12

Job not top!!

AmyBrookheimer · 15/06/2017 10:14

I think you should all become the best of friends. Some pampas grass would look lovely in that flowerbed. Wink

VoteMe · 15/06/2017 10:14

Aghhh, such a satisfying thread 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

ruru1981 · 15/06/2017 10:22

I agree she still did not have to block your drive. Do not buy her wine or apologise!!!!

kali110 · 15/06/2017 10:27

Feel really sorry for mndn and nanny!

Writerwannabe83 · 15/06/2017 10:31

Not trying to be arsey but the nanny could have parked around the corner rather than over writers driveway couldn't she?

I'm going to give her the benefit of the doubt and accept she was doing it to save herself exacerbating her back condition by carrying babies/shopping etc from around the corner to the house. Mr NDN did say she genuinely had a back condition so I'm assuming she has shown him some kind of proof.

And to a previous poster: I also don't think Mrs NDN is going to let this lie so easily. My guess is she's going to explode if she finds out all that Mr NDN said to me this morning and I doubt she's happy about Mr NDN having put his foot down about the Nanny using the drive.

My guess is that Mrs NDN will continue to make life unpleasant for the Nanny and her resignation won't be too far away.....

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Cuppaoftea · 15/06/2017 10:31

Hmmm. I wouldn't be quite so quick to believe his detailed portrayal of Saint Mr NDN and Nanny terrorised by the unreasonable Wife/Employer. What was he doing undermining his Wife like that, I would have cut him off tbh.

And wtf is the nanny doing driving their children around in her car without getting her oil leak fixed. Never mind oil on the drive, I'd be worried about the engine catching fire.

DisappearingFish · 15/06/2017 10:38

Best. Thread. Ever.

OP I think you would win even more if you now showed a little bit of compassion for Mrs NDN. She's doing a stressful job, got two small kids and a flaky nanny. Now you have won the parking battle be magnanimous in victory.

DirtyChaiLatte · 15/06/2017 10:50

Wow, he's really thrown his wife under the bus, and the nanny is now the innocent victim!

We were all so convinced until this morning that the nanny was a manipulative, inconsiderate bitch.

Are you sure there's nothing going on between them?

onalongsabbatical · 15/06/2017 10:57

Loving all the conspiracy theories, but, really, we all just want the thread to carry on to brighten up our dull, undramatic lives, right?
Don't leave us, OP!
Grin

Writerwannabe83 · 15/06/2017 11:19

Are you sure there's nothing going on between them?

Who knows!!

Like I said earlier, I was surprised how easily he painted his wife as the bad guy and the Nanny as the victim.

I know that not enabling poor behaviour is the right thing to do and maybe he genuinely was ashamed by his wife's behaviour towards me and the Nanny but even so.....you still show some solidarity towards your spouse don't you?

I would be quite upset if I thought my DH could disparage me so easily, I would hope he'd stand up for me at least a little bit even if I was being v.v.v.v unreasonable about something.

Maybe Mr NDN isn't the Saint he's portraying himself to be and is actually quite a controlling and manipulative person himself? Who knows?

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Writerwannabe83 · 15/06/2017 11:21

Loving all the conspiracy theories, but, really, we all just want the thread to carry on to brighten up our dull, undramatic lives, right?
Don't leave us, OP!

Well.....we still need to see how Mrs NDN acts with me when she sees me and also how the Nanny is with me. As much as I'd love things to settle down I don't think it's going to happen as smoothly as I'd like....

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NameChange30 · 15/06/2017 11:26

"Mr NDN also said that apparently the Nanny really does have something wrong with her back. I tried not to think about him bending her over the kitchen units when he said that...."

LOL Grin

What a saga, indeed. Reading your update, I'm not surprised that Mrs NDN has been the source of all the drama - in all your interactions, she has been nasty whereas Mr NDN and the nanny have been polite. It sounds as if Mrs NDN is a crazy bitch bit of a bully so that would explain why the nanny has chosen to annoy you rather than her!

Given her back problems, I do think the neighbours should let her park on their drive during the day when they don't use it. I'm glad she has a week off to get her car sorted.

Really hope this is the beginning of a new and harmonious phase!!

NeedATrim · 15/06/2017 11:30

I still can't get past the fact he said he knew his wife was in tje wrong by shouting at you and being verbally aggressive but he kept shtum and didn't "get involved" Shock

What kind of ethos does he live by? No way in hell would my DH stand back or slink off if I acted a prick to someone who didn't deserve it. He's a shit.

Pigflewpast · 15/06/2017 11:35

Wow they're all keen to drop each other in it aren't they, wife blames nanny, nanny blames both ndn, husband blames wife. Do they have a cat? I'm fairly sure it's all the cats fault.

I wouldn't be apologising to the nanny, she still shouldn't have parked over the drive, nothing's changed about that. And I wouldn't trust someone who'll throw there wife in it like that.

Glad he's apologised etc but as you say I very much doubt it's the end of things, but hopefully the end of her parking there. Wonder if the next nanny will when this one gets a new job next week?

PeopleWatcher77 · 15/06/2017 11:35

I can't help but think it's the proverbial "good cop, bad cop" set up. Literally!

I genuinely hope that things can be resolved and you're happy neighbours again soon, and you can enjoy the rest of your wonderful pregnancy without this hanging over you. :)

StripeyCurtains · 15/06/2017 11:36

May I congratulate you OP on an absolutely spectacular parking thread. I had always thought the one where all the residents on the street banded together to park on the road to stop everyone parking there at school pick up / drop off would be the seminal MN parking thread. However this has definitely trumped that one.

There has not been one single element that has disappointed: defensive nanny, belligerent MRs NDN, stunning diagrams, supportive DH, excellent monitoring of comings and goings of NDNs and NN and concluding with a belter of a final update with Mr NDN's apology.

Doffs cap to OP. 😂👏

NameChange30 · 15/06/2017 11:36

People
Yep, literally! Grin

Pigflewpast · 15/06/2017 11:37

And what needa says above. For any man to stand back and let his wife treat you like that is shocking, him being a police officer makes it doubly shocking.

NameChange30 · 15/06/2017 11:37

I would like to request one final diagram. The happy ending diagram. Pretty please Grin

onalongsabbatical · 15/06/2017 11:40

The happy ending diagram, at one point, looked as though it would contain Mr NDN, the nanny, and the kitchen table. You taunted us with it, OP, and then never produced it.
Just sayin'...

CupOfTeaAndAGoodBook · 15/06/2017 11:42

Hear Hear, to Stripey's post Grin

Writerwannabe83 · 15/06/2017 11:45

Maybe this afternoon I could do some diagrams of three potential happy endings and you can all choose which one you'd like to see happen Grin Grin

It would be like one of those crappy teenager fictional books where you can choose your own storyline....

I'm not sure MN would allow a pornograohic image though of Mr NDN and Nanny having a shag on the kitchen unit whilst the baby whizzes around them in the baby walker Grin

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emmyrose2000 · 15/06/2017 11:51

It's scary to think someone as irrational and frankly, nutty, as Mrs NDN is in a job of such power. She's clearly incompetent at making decent decisions.

Mr NDN might've been in the right by apologising, but wow, talking about betraying your spouse.

I wouldn't give the nanny a pass at all, even now. She had a choice in where she could park - either around the corner, or across the NDN's driveway in their absence then moving it later, but she chose not to. Instead, she chose to make OP's life difficult instead. She also lied and was quite manipulative.

It sounds like Nanny and Mrs NDN are perfect for each other TBH - both sound awful.