BonesFromAsh -> RE: A question... (10/15/2010 6:14:53 AM)
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I guess it all depends on how you plan to "display" your new addition to the household to your son. If you plan to have him prance around doing his chores in some fetish get-up and being all "yes, Mistress" and you with crop in hand ready to deal with any fault, then you'll have heaps of explaining to do. Somehow, I don't get the feeling this is your plan, though. [:D] I actually like Calla's approach... quote:
I simply don't understand the questions -- we raised 6 saplings to adulthood in a house that practiced honesty and integrity. Our children grew up with our servants around -- they were part of the family, in much the same way as "Alice" was on "The Brady Bunch". Our saplings had NO issues with bringing friends over to the house, no issues with being dishonest with their peers. ("Oh, that's XXX. She's one of the House's servants. She makes AWESOME peanut-butter cookies!" was an oft-heard phrase during one stretch of our saplings' school years!) Our saplings also had no issue referring to the House by its collective name with their friends... and CERTAINLY no problem with boyfriends and/or girlfriends. After 25 years experience, and half a dozen successes, I simply don't see how this is, in any way, a "yuck" situation. ....which, if you think about it, isn't much different from that of a mainstream couple who brings in a new au pair each year to help with child care. I know many teenagers who have been raised by a variety of different people...au pairs, nannies, mother's helpers and house keepers...and have had no problem adjusting to the yearly "changing of the guard". You could introduce this new gentleman as your "man Friday" who will be helping around the house for a bit. Who knows, Mr. Friday may just become More-Than-Just-Mr. Friday! Good luck.
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