Why doesn't he hire a good nanny??? There are a lot of people who relate to kids really well, and many good agencies in New York City where he could search for one. Just wondering????
shareHe read the script. No nanny
shareWhy didn't Joanna insist on hiring a nanny for Billy so that she too could pursue her passions rather than abandoning her whole fcking family??
shareI have to agree. He was making enough money to hire help. And later, she got a good job too. They could have definitely afforded it.
shareAnd he hired a nanny in the book. Maybe wouldn't have lost his job if he had a nanny. But guess it would have watered down the story of doing it all on his own.
shareYes, in real life he would have hired a nanny.
In real life, Joanna would have found herself and come back in a friendly way and been much happier because her husband had evolved considerably as well.
How incompetent were men back then? This guy cannot even make coffee? The french toast thing was ridiculous. What’s wrong with cereal on a busy morning? Besides, his kid is in 1st grade, not a toddler. He just needs a babysitter to watch him after school a few hours, maybe a few nights. And the boss frowning upon every mention of the guy’s son or prioritizing his son’s safety over some paper streamer office boozefest. I see no difference between this office environment and the one depicted in Mad Men.
shareHiring a nanny back then was something only "rich people" did, or parents who couldn't hack it as parents. It might've been seen as either an extravagance or a mark of shame, just going by how things "felt" to me as a middle class American back then.
And the boss frowning upon every mention of the guy’s son or prioritizing his son’s safety over some paper streamer office boozefest. I see no difference between this office environment and the one depicted in Mad Men.