[Rayne Selene]

I'm a college student who works as a nanny. I have pretty bad social anxiety, and I've always had big problems with assertiveness. Anyways, my main job is taking care of three kids five days a week, but it wasn't enough to pay for school so I got a weekend job as well. This job has been downhill from week one.

For starters, when she first interviewed me she asked if I could be available for "a few hours" on Sunday mornings. That was fine. Then she asked me, once, if I could do a whole weekend (all day Saturday/Sunday). I needed the money, so I said yes. Since then it's just been more and more, and now she just assumes that I can be here all weekend every weekend. I know that's my fault. So now I've somehow gotten into a situation where I'm working seven days a week and it's killing me.

My second problem is, she's never home when she says she's going to be. There's been several occurrences where she's been two or three hours late. Today, I was supposed to be working from noon to five. She just texted me (it's five right now where I am) and said "hey! I'll be home in about four hours." I mean, WHAT?! I was supposed to be at my little cousin's birthday party tonight! Now I have to bail.

This really isn't working for me, and it's really frustrating. But how do I tell her? I need this job, it's good money. I also have gotten really close to the little boy I'm sitting for. I just need advice on what to do in this situation. People say "Just tell her," but for someone like me that's way easier said than done.

[Travelinglady]

Hey, Rayne Selene! How did this situation work out? We care. (I had replied on this post in another forum.)