My TERRIBLE au pair experience

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  • čas přidán 19. 07. 2022
  • I Left my Soul in Madrid!
    About my terrible au pair experience.
    Follow me on Instagram: / dianawanderlust_
    #madrid #spain

Komentáře • 90

  • @dianawanderlust
    @dianawanderlust  Před 2 lety +33

    I was so confused and ashamed of what happened that I didn’t even tell my friends. It felt like some kind of failure. I never imagined I would tell this story to strangers on CZcams. But yet here I am now, vulnerable and honest to you and to myself.
    Thanks for listening, that’s all that matters!

    • @heekyungkim8147
      @heekyungkim8147 Před 2 lety +2

      I like your honesty. I had some crazy story from Madrid too that i never tell my family… 😎 ( I survived unhurt but it was very scary experience )

    • @sopiojimshitashvili3728
      @sopiojimshitashvili3728 Před 2 lety +2

      My family still don't know anything about mine". Good that they can't English 🤭

    • @andya1976m
      @andya1976m Před 2 lety +4

      😜 Yes, better for them..
      But your are a survivor, strong girl now. This kind of events in our early life madd us like this.
      Ultreia, chica! ❤️

    • @keskinkesir4468
      @keskinkesir4468 Před 2 lety

      fuck her! what a shameful evil creature she is, and what a weakling her husband is... i despise the children.

    • @Gabriel-dn4gg
      @Gabriel-dn4gg Před rokem

      The truth is she felt like she wasn’t woman enough to raise her own kids or take care of her own home. On top of that she’s likely less physically attractive than you and felt threatened by that. If you haven’t reported her to the au pair site you found this job on, you need to do so today!!

  • @cheriebomb158
    @cheriebomb158 Před 4 měsíci +3

    I worked as an au pair in my early twenties twice. My experience was nowhere as bad as you, but I cannot say that I had the best summers of my life there as others do. I felt like such a failure and faked an amazing experience. I can relate to your sense of disappointment and bittersweet nostalgia. This was beautifully shot ❤

  • @olivia.anelise
    @olivia.anelise Před 2 lety +13

    The way you tell this story is so beautifully put. You are a true storyteller; I love listening to your voice and thoughts.

  • @anidavtyan280
    @anidavtyan280 Před 2 lety +15

    Thank you Diana for sharing your story. At some point in our lives we are all undergoing through a dark period, which eventually lead us to light. Your story once more reminded me of a famous quote by Louis L'Amour "There will come a time when you think everything is finished. That will be the beginning".
    Keep your good work up! 💜

    • @dianawanderlust
      @dianawanderlust  Před 2 lety +1

      Thanks Ani for such a beautiful and cheering comment 🥰😇 take care you too

  • @peggysherman2811
    @peggysherman2811 Před 2 lety +24

    Don't let anyone crush you like that host woman did. I think people do that because they are not happy so you can never meet their expectations. Just be yourself. You have a good heart and adventurous spirit and through your videos you bring people the world that they otherwise may not experience. That's enough for now. Your bringing positive into people's lives.

  • @blueyomogi
    @blueyomogi Před 2 lety +12

    Lovely, Diana. You're such a wonderful and strong storyteller.

  • @Georgian2go
    @Georgian2go Před 2 lety +5

    sorry about what you've been though as an Au Pair (I Au Paired for two families and both ended dramatically, one after 2/3 months and one after a year...). These experiences mold us into stronger people and in a lot of cases, when we're about to loose it, we meet the most compassionate people who become lifelong friends

    • @dianawanderlust
      @dianawanderlust  Před 2 lety +2

      Sorry about your bad experiences too! 😢 Somehow turns out a lot of people had the same experience

    • @audreycelestine1204
      @audreycelestine1204 Před 11 měsíci +1

      Heyy...aside the topic but how did you get your au pair family?

  • @sopiojimshitashvili3728
    @sopiojimshitashvili3728 Před 2 lety +5

    OMG such a similar story as mine.
    Diana I was Au-Pair in köln Germany and one day they came in my room telling that I have to leave.They never payed as it was in contract so I had no money. I was sitting on the train station thinking where to go. They new I had nobody at all. My Caucasian neighbours answered my calls finally and let me stay to them 2 weeks till I found one Georgian girl who let me live for free till I found flat. I offered money which I hadn't yet 😂but she refused it. Now i receive document which will pay Advocate charges and I plan to complain that they weren't paying.
    Nowadays I am fine. I studied 3 years and I was payed for that and I am working as a Freight forwarder.
    I fall more in love to you Diana, hopefully I will find my own flat soon that I could invite you. 💪🤩

    • @dianawanderlust
      @dianawanderlust  Před 2 lety +1

      Sopio! I am so sorry you had to experience that 😢😢😢 I want to say these kind of experiences make us stronger but I’m not sure really! It’s a trauma, some unfortunate event that happened to us and that’s it!
      Hopefully, we meet nicer people thought out life journey.

    • @sopiojimshitashvili3728
      @sopiojimshitashvili3728 Před 2 lety

      You are right that makes most people stronger, the people who are mentally stable learn something from this, but I am sorry for Au pairs who are not mentally strong.
      You have learnt something and I also learnt not to ignore that red flags anymore which I noticed and next time I will be carefully with people.
      I agree about trauma as well, I can say that It made me a little bit colder and It's hard for me to believe in people and I think all the time that they are gonna hurt me, they are also same charlatans, liars (ლიცემერი არ ვიცი ინგლისურად😁)
      I am also sorry that you was also in this trap which is very common for Au pairs. When I hear same stories from young people, I try give them info which I already have to let them know they can leave family and do program's that educate them. Such as FSJ or Ausbildung.
      Hopefully they will see your video and realise they are not alone like I did.
      It's always hard to talk about private traumas and you did great job sharing your story. Thank you ❤
      Stay strong 💪you are good example of staying good despite of all bad experiences.

    • @dianawanderlust
      @dianawanderlust  Před 2 lety +1

      @@sopiojimshitashvili3728 ლიცემერი სულ არ ვიცი რას ნიშნავს 😃😃😃 შენც წარმატებები სოფიო 💜💜

  • @steves7013
    @steves7013 Před rokem

    That was a great video Diana, sorry you had a bad time but I guess it turned in to a good time! They do say every cloud has a silver lining
    Take care and stay safe x

  • @PJ_Hawke
    @PJ_Hawke Před 2 lety

    I enjoyed this video and can see why it took some time to create. You truly have a gift to tell such a story. Keep on keeping on ❤️❤️❤️

  • @jamesmonte3165
    @jamesmonte3165 Před 2 lety

    Great to see a little of your back story Diana. You turned a negative experience into something that helped you move forward. Seeing this earlier video demonstrates how far your videography skills have improved and your narration is always impressive 👍

  • @ForeverJamm
    @ForeverJamm Před rokem +1

    You told your story so beautifully. I’m so sad you went through that 🥺

  • @abcek6006
    @abcek6006 Před rokem +1

    Beautifully spoken Diana. I can really understand how that must have felt.
    By the way, ou look awesome in that dress

  • @dathang
    @dathang Před 2 lety +5

    Thank you for sharing your story... and nicely told, BTW. Sadly, your story as an Au-Pair is a common one... be it in Europe or in Asia. Cheers!

  • @elesal89
    @elesal89 Před 2 lety +2

    Wow…that must be a terrible feeling at any age. Her actions were less about you and more about her. I’m sorry you had to experience that..I am even more thankful for my mom after hearing things like these. To be alive in Madrid and be that miserable..what has life dealt her, I wonder.

  • @tamunagogava9342
    @tamunagogava9342 Před 2 lety +1

    I'm sorry de .. you were just 20 years old and you did your best at your age .. It was great experience for you ❣️but then we joined you and it was our first trip and I remember it very happily❤️. მიყვარხარ დე❤️

  • @jaspantro
    @jaspantro Před rokem

    Beautiful autobiographic movie! Saludos desde Madrid 😉

  • @javest6965
    @javest6965 Před 2 lety

    This video almost made me cry Diana. Thank you for opening yourself this much. It's difficult to find/see this kind of content with so much soulless stuff around this days.
    Being from Madrid myself, this video left me a little sad. That Silvia is a f***ing disgrace for humanity and sadly she is not the only one! I can't help but feel bad. Life is a bunch of experiences and you can learn a lot from each and every one of them, including the traumatic ones (which doesn't mean we must look forward to having them haha).
    I have visited different places and am living abroad right now, yet I regard Madrid as something special (I may be biased!😄). Like, it is not the best place in any category but, somehow, it manages to stand very high in my list. I think there is more than meets the eye there, but it is very easy not to get to know the essence of it. Easier than in other cites, I don't know why! This is linked to one's personal experiences, that's for sure, and, being a local, I have had a lot of them there. I wish I was a poet and could express the most profound feelings and concepts in just a few línes of plain text, but I'm not.
    Thank you for the video again!

    • @dianawanderlust
      @dianawanderlust  Před 2 lety

      Aww, thanks for such a thoughtful comment. I read many comments of yours in this channel yet never knew you were from Madrid 🥹 I agree with every single word you said ❤️ where are you living now?

    • @javest6965
      @javest6965 Před 2 lety

      @Diana Wanderlust Thanks for the answer! Amazing how you spend time replying to comments😍.
      Right now I'm in Munich! It's a long story, but I'm between Bologna and Munich. Well it's not that long haha, I'm studying my masters in Bologna but I'm in Munich with and exchange grant, but from September on I don't know where I'm going to be (because I may get a job here and there but I'm very interested in a PhD and that usually implies "mobility" haha (my masters is in Theoretical Physics so a PhD is not uncommon to pursue)).
      Anyway, you shoud visit both cities! Recommended😊

    • @dianawanderlust
      @dianawanderlust  Před 2 lety

      @@javest6965 I always wanted to go to Bologna. I know they have the oldest university, right? Theoretical Physics sounds a lot like philosophy, honestly.

    • @javest6965
      @javest6965 Před 2 lety

      @@dianawanderlust Yeah it's an amazing city in my opinion and it has the oldest official university. Walking around the city one can tell how it grew thanks to the uni, and viceversa. Very interesting!
      I love theoretical physics, even though it can get really abstract and difficult and frustrating, so it becomes more of a love-hate relation haha. But what I get from it is more than what it takes from me I guess. It's tightly connected to philosophy (until the 19th century or so physics was called, or part of, natural philosophy!) and yet one has to be careful, for they are at the boundary of one another and, while physics always influences philosophical views of the world, it has to give quantitative results and thus should not get lost in philosophical discussions (forever, I mean; those discussions are always useful and helpful, but they are only a part of physics, not the whole of it ). But conceptually the relation is and has always been very fruitful and, in my opinion, sooner or later we will need to deal with the conceptual problems we have and the interpretation of our theories.
      Omg Diana sorry for the long dissertation😂😇
      What did you study? If I may ask!

    • @dianawanderlust
      @dianawanderlust  Před 2 lety

      @@javest6965 sounds like you are fascinated by what you study and that’s amazing. I studied Liberal Arts and then graphic designer

  • @dmiora3385
    @dmiora3385 Před rokem

    Oh my dear, so hard to hear this story. Don't worry about this, it was really bad personality of your host mom and you cant do anything about this, she would most likely just do this to anyone else who would be at the same situation as you were. To be able to stand and live next to such a person, you would have to be like her husband. Quiet, don't even use electricity, eat only rice and be basically like a slave, that people use to had in ancient Rome and Greece (they use to call them paidagogos, back then). THANK YOU for sharing this, i was so many times thinking to go and try doing au-pair just for experience too, but since i have studied pedagogy at college i am afraid I would be kicked from most families too, since i dont like to be quiet about things that are wrong. I was teacher at kindergarten and took care of 20 pupils at a time and it is not about just to care for their safety, but also educating them. I can tell you most of parents nowdays are such hypocrites, selfish and lazy asses, that have no idea what to actually do with their children. They rather give them to somebody else to take care of them, or in worse case they just leave them to be alone and it many times results in that kids really dont know such basic things, like how to even play with toys. Sounds crazy right? I was spending most of time that we had specialy at day for free games activities by just going around all of them and starting a game for them, they didnt know how to play with toys. When we were doing any kind of art activity i could see wich kid actualy getting some care at home and bit know to work with things like scissors and glue. Teachers know their kids many times better then they do! After a while I realized it is just better to avoid any conversation with parents if possible, since they barely can take reality, they just think their kid is the best same as them. Ofc we had even great parents, but not many of them. That is reason i quit teaching for now, since they see you just as some kind of better nanny, that they give kid to and that teacher save everything, by teaching them basic, that parents should give them. Many times i just sctricly had to tell them, that this is their responsibility, was funny to watch angry faces how they couldnt take it. :D After all, sad fact is that kids are just like a mirrors of their parents, so If they dont care of them, they will be spoiled, that is it. I wrote this just for ppl see also another point of view.

    • @dianawanderlust
      @dianawanderlust  Před rokem

      Thanks so much for taking the time for this amazing comment! Good luck with everything

  • @pinkandspice1691
    @pinkandspice1691 Před rokem

    Hi DianaI feel same after travelling esp after my camino.

  • @RR-jm4cc
    @RR-jm4cc Před rokem +1

    I'm on week one of being an au pair and I feel useless. I ask to do things and they tell me no. I look after the kids for two hours a day, and have no money. The area means there's nothing nearby without a car, but nobody has taught me the rules of driving here yet. So, I just spend my time hiding, feels horrible

    • @dianawanderlust
      @dianawanderlust  Před rokem +2

      I’m so sorry to hear that. Where are you at? Which country?

    • @RR-jm4cc
      @RR-jm4cc Před rokem +1

      @@dianawanderlust I'm in Canada. The family are lovely, and your video was amazing and educational, I just feel useless hanging around indoors all day 😩

    • @dianawanderlust
      @dianawanderlust  Před rokem +2

      @@RR-jm4cc ​ I understand. It's not too hard to drive in Canada. You should just go for it. I am sure you will be fine. Or get a Canada driving rules manual or something and get yourself familiar. You will be fine I am sure

  • @audreycelestine1204
    @audreycelestine1204 Před 11 měsíci

    So sorry for your bad experience...but a side question,,how did you get your au pair family?

  • @ColargolPL
    @ColargolPL Před rokem +3

    No, actually, that's how many people understand the au-pair job. It's not only Madrid and you, recently. It was like this 50 years ago in Poland, it was so 25 years ago in England (a friend's experience). Conclusion: if you get a placement as an au-pair, you'd better clarify in advance what exactly the particular hosts expect you to do. You know it now, Diana, but maybe it'll be useful to someone else who watches and reads this.

    • @dianawanderlust
      @dianawanderlust  Před rokem +3

      Hey there! You’re absolutely right, I am telling everyone the exact same thing now. Although I have to say we had a big au-pairs in Madrid Facebook group and 8/10 people were just having a chill, nice time with their families. So not everyone is looking for a maid and conversation is absolutely the key.

  • @edwinodus
    @edwinodus Před rokem

    Life is a learning experience

  • @stian5781
    @stian5781 Před rokem

    Amazing bounceback! Demons and hardship is part of the experience. I`ll bet the one you have become wouldnt put up with that kind of abuse.

  • @nacho17955
    @nacho17955 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Siento mucho que hayas tenido una mala experiencia y ojalá te hubieran tratado bien, no obstante,
    creo que algunas chicas piensan que ser au pair significa viajar y hacer turismo gratis, y que por cuidar a los niños un rato deben ser tratadas como princesitas a las que no se les puede pedir que hagan ninguna otra tarea, no vaya a ser que se ofendan.
    Creo que hay mucha niña caprichosa que no se da cuenta de que ser au pair significa ir a trabajar.

    • @dianawanderlust
      @dianawanderlust  Před 10 měsíci

      Tienes razón! Ser au-pair definitivamente dignifica trabajo al menos half-time, muchas veces extra full-time

  • @lela8081
    @lela8081 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Is there any group where Au Pair could share the bad experiance so the rest of us know what family avoid?Also you are being a very good story teller

    • @dianawanderlust
      @dianawanderlust  Před 11 měsíci +1

      There are many Facebook groups

    • @lela8081
      @lela8081 Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@dianawanderlust can you tell me the name so i can find?

  • @nathaliabozon
    @nathaliabozon Před 8 měsíci

    I had a terrible aupair experience I left on October 23rd and on November 1st my host mom kicked me out of the house in the most humilliating way woth snow outside (it happened in Troy Michigan) I'm back in my home country since she made me buy a ticket in 1 hour. I'm depressed but I know I'm not the only one with bad au pair experienced. She msde me work 18 hours one day with no extra pay, would cut the internet and was not allowed to go anywhere it was the creepyest 2 weeks of my life. I'm sad it ended this way.

    • @dianawanderlust
      @dianawanderlust  Před 8 měsíci +1

      I am so sorry Natalia that it had to happen to you. What happened to you unfortunately is not uncommon but you also have to know that you’ll have many amazing experiences with the strangers and she’s just a bad person

    • @dianawanderlust
      @dianawanderlust  Před 8 měsíci +1

      Nothing is your fault

    • @nathaliabozon
      @nathaliabozon Před 8 měsíci

      Thank you Diana 🙏🏾🤍

  • @heekyungkim8147
    @heekyungkim8147 Před 2 lety +3

    What a story ! You are brave beautiful lady. That lady who kicked you out is a evil woman from hell….

  • @Test-uj6nh
    @Test-uj6nh Před 2 lety

    Thanks for sharing. The terible lady obviously had issues. Pity she acted like that in front of her children.

  • @romuloaugusto3003
    @romuloaugusto3003 Před 2 lety +1

    Diana, estive apenas uma vez em Madri, e muito rapidamente também. Não deu pra ver muita coisa. Um abraço.

  • @atbhut9063
    @atbhut9063 Před rokem

    May i know what this vlog shot & edit on?

  • @cascisa22
    @cascisa22 Před 5 měsíci

    Omg !how mean

  • @hanseenee_
    @hanseenee_ Před 2 lety

    always love the content here

  • @ditotodd
    @ditotodd Před 2 lety +1

    Ever tried to meet Sylvia again?
    Or kids maybe?
    If you are still there,
    Think about it
    You can talk about it loudly, so you can forgive.
    Let them know

    • @dianawanderlust
      @dianawanderlust  Před 2 lety

      You have a great point but no, I never tried to reconnect. It’s difficult to find the guts, you know

    • @tanyagwilkins962
      @tanyagwilkins962 Před rokem

      I don't see the point of rehashing the past with someone you never cared about and never cared about you. Diana, if you ever bumped into her, just give her sly grin. Don't say anything. She will see that you're no longer that helpless 20 year old. She knows what she did was awful yet she failed to break you.

  • @tatiazenaishvili3380
    @tatiazenaishvili3380 Před 2 lety

    I just looove the way you tell the stories! and there is a special place for that woman in Hell, I truly believe in that! 🙃 wish you all the best! go girl!

  • @incognito3599
    @incognito3599 Před rokem +1

    Your host dad was horrible as well. He is an enabler...And yes he could of protected you, but he chose not to. An enablee is just as bad as a narcissist. He can see what she did to you. Yet he just sat back and kept quiet. This is horrible...

  • @Ingrid-sb6my
    @Ingrid-sb6my Před 5 měsíci

    Sorry about what happened to you but it doesn't surprise me. I hear only bad things about Spanish families. What can you expect from people who torture animals to death for entertainment?