I have so many thoughts - WARNING LONG POST! SORRY
NGL, I think I lost brain cells watching this show.
I couldn't watch more than one episode at a time. Honestly, I probably shouldn't have watched it at all, but I kept seeing clips online and got FOMO.
I could say something about the whole cast but wont
(not that anyone cares to hear my opinion lol, but I’m giving it anyway).
- Leah
Leah "spent" her life savings on a business, but had no registered logo, business name, or business plan??
Was it an agency for nannies run by nannies? Or just run by Leah?
She kept gatekeeping "her connections" and got mad when Jack asked if Liv and Mitchell could talk to the dads about a recommendation. ATP it started off as her connection, yes, but they individually worked with them and built their own relationships and trust with the dads. Those aren't just your connections anymore.
Also, whether the "secret" was fake drama or she really is that emotionally immature, WHY on God's green earth would you tell someone knowing it's going to be on TV, especially your employee, and then not explain what the full story?
Saying you slept with a dad could mean a million things. Maybe start off by saying he was a friend turned client, or he was a friend who hired you for one night and then you had sex when he came home.
Presenting it as "I slept with a dad" could mean a million things. It’s her own fault she made it sound way worse than it was. If you present it one way, it’s hard to take it back or change anyone’s perspective.
If you want people to take you seriously as a business owner, maybe keep it to yourself. Or at least tell the full story upfront because all you did was leave Liv to overthink it and make up her own story in her mind.
Also, being mad at Sydney for taking another job after she built her own relationship and trust with the family is insane. Again, it started with your connection, but Sydney created her own connection on her own.
And expecting her not to take a job with a 25K SIGN ON BONUS?? If she was really your friend and you were a good business owner, you'd understand that business is business at the end of the day. Or offer to match the money if you wanted her to stay??
You also knew her dad was sick and that she needed the money. Her little business will never survive if she's not emotionally mature enough to separate friendship from business.
- Olivia
Maybe it's just me, but if Leah told me her "secret," I would've gone back to Leah first and gotten the full story before telling anyone else.
This whole thing started because Olivia went around telling people, and IMO she didn't get enough hate or criticism from Leah.
Then she turns around and takes Leah's side after she voting for Jack?? And for Leah to forgive Olivia so easily but hold everyone else to a different standard is crazy.
- Taylor
An absolute nut case.
You want to get married or at least have a ring before you move out of your boyfriend's parents house?? Did she not stop to think that maybe an apartment is the first step. You want to be married still living in his childhood room??
She is so immature mentally and emotionally.
The way she talked about Nichola and saying she saw her as a mother figure / big sister after knowing her for a few days is crazy!
Was she like this with every family she worked for before this?
It started with Liv, but Taylor made it her personal mission to single handedly ruin the agency or any potential it had.
Her using her past and upbringing as a constant sob story got old FAST.
Your past can't be an excuse for your actions. I know some people are emotional and sensitive, but I feel like she used that as an out or is used to getting sympathy and grace for it. She has no idea how to take criticism or accountability.
She isn't ready for marriage, let alone a relationship. She clearly needs to communicate better and work on it instead of acting crazy. No one should have to check on their boyfriend constantly because they have a female coworker. She is using her past relationship trauma as a reason to cause a rift in her current relationship rather than actually working through it internally.
Understandably she's been cheated on before, and he had that one friend issue at the beginning of their relationship, but she chose to continue being with him without really working through it or if they talked about it then... Either move on and don't carry it into your relationship for years, or break up because you will never trust him again.
I could honestly go on and on about Taylor. She needs serious therapy.
I assume if the show gets another season she'll be back because I saw somewhere that she and Leah made a video together recently.
- Mitchell
He enables Taylor.
They’ve been together a long time and I get your partner taking your side in public, but he kept saying he understood why Taylor told Nichola. She would give him her upbringing sob story and start crying, and I’m sure he was more worried about comforting her than actually giving her feedback or his honest opinion. He did call her out a little, but not nearly enough.
Aside from their relationship, because I have a LOT of opinions on that, I actually thought Mitchell was a really good nanny and, overall he was one of the more sensible people on the show. IMO