Dear Queenie,
My wife died a couple of years ago and when looking after my young son got to be too much for my mother, who is getting quite old, I hired a young woman to take care of him while I’m at work and my son just loves her.
The problem is that she has been coming on to me and I’m attracted to her, but she has a boyfriend, so I won’t do anything about it as long as she is with him, but what do I do if they break up? Would that mean she shouldn’t look after my son anymore? Or if she continues to take care of him, what happens if we break up? Could she still work for me?
Queenie, what do you say?—Lonely Daddy
Dear Lonely Daddy,
It worked for Georg von Trapp, but you might not be as lucky. Better keep hands off the nanny, certainly as long as she has a boyfriend and even if/when she does not, only if you both want to make the arrangement permanent, as anything less might be too confusing, even painful, for your son.
And if you are in the market for a new wife, let all your married friends know. I am sure they will be eager to fix you up with eligible single women.
