nanny stealing

So i was almost stolen the other day...well, approached to be stolen, or so my boss J. thinks so.

Nanny stealing is very common and very very sneaky. You are at the playground or a class, you become friends with the mom, one day the dad is there and you becomef riends too and the next thing you know they are putting down comments like....do you like your job with family X.
My offer was must less obvious, so unobvious that i probably came off so naive they would have loved me.

Story:

N, E, J and I are all at the indoor play gym. N. and J are in a baby music class and E. and I are playing. E has a major melt down and J (the mom) and I switch kids for a few minutes. Now i'm in a baby music class with N. and he is just a crawling machine so i'm just casually following him around.

Mom and dad of child G. ask me as i pass the first time "He's adorable, is he your son?". This question happens all the time when i'm with the kids, my response is,

"oh my no, i'm their nanny. But thanks for thinking i look mature enough to have a child, let alone two. The other woman was his mother" (ps: who looks much more like her children than i do....go figure, she being their mother!)

Pass number two, the father instead of letting N. pass by, picks him up and they are now talking to me at warp speed and looking me firmly in the eyes (because class is currently happening and we are all singing and banging drums and who knows when jen will be back),

"We are looking for a live in nanny. Do you know anyone who may be available...we live in Staten Island", taking N. back and kinda scoffing, "ohhhh no i don't, i'm a full time graduate student and all the people i know have jobs and live in the city...sorry and good luck".

When J and i leave the play gym i mention the conversation to her...her response,
"the nerve, right under my nose they are trying to steal you"
"huh?"
"Before you came in we went around the circle and said a bit about our selves. My comment was i have two children N and E. They knew you weren't his mom, it was a line to bring you in. Shannon, watch out because parents are very sneaky."

Yes i can be naive, but did she really think i'd just sign up to live in Staten Island....dear god no...i'm too much of a snob for them