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Latest post on 06 March 2014 - 19:29

What others spend their money on is none of our business, but I think there's a simple answer to why anyone separated from their family for 11 months of the year would buy them flashy, expensive gifts. Simply put, a child is going to be much happier showing his or her friends the new phone or toy their absent mother bought them and largely unimpressed by having a new front door or even an education. Material gifts aren't everything for a fully cognizant adult, but to a child they are important, particularly if they don't really know their parent (just think of children of divorce living away from a parent). The gifts are a material reminder to the daughter that she is thinking about her and that her time away is worth something prestigious and valuable. It sounds like your maid is in touch with what will make her daughter happy and proud of her mom, even if it's not what will make her happy or proud in the very long term. I say this as someone whose father worked away from home for months at a time when I was a child. Gifts mean a lot of a child, and more so when the parent isn't around to be demonstrative in other ways.

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Latest post on 01 March 2014 - 12:10

Has anyone heard of a family requesting a vegetarian maid? Are there many maids from vegetarian backgrounds in the UAE (Hindu, Jain, etc.)? We aren't vegetarian for religious reasons, but we don't cook meat at home (mixed diet home) and wouldn't want to employ someone who had a major problem with not having meat at home (i.e. thought we were starving her). For obvious reasons, a vegetarian would be a good match for us. <em>edited by marhaba on 01/03/2014</em>

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