Is NOBODY wrong in the post ? POST : I au paired for 5 months for a pretty nice family. We had our issues, but they didn’t abuse me and I can honestly say that they weren’t the reason i wanted to leave. I realize I may come off like such a drama queen, but the reason I left was because I felt my mental health declining due to being stuck in the house for a full 6 days a weeks. I wasn’t extremely depressed, but I was lethargic and irritable and sad often. I honestly felt a loss of freedom as I am in a big city that can be a bit dangerous, and even on my days off I had to constantly check in with my host family so they knew I was safe. I got to a point where I knew that it wasn’t healthy for me to stay, and it wasn’t even beneficial for the kids to deal with me when I was irritable and miserable. A month before I left I told them I was unhappy and would be leaving within the next couple of weeks, but I didn’t give them a set date. I’m sure they expected me to tell them a week or two before I really left. That’s where I went wrong, and decided to leave (I was having a super miserable day) and left the home within a few hours of telling them. Now that I’m more level headed, I see how distasteful this was and I will definitely apologize for the way that I left. I guess I’m curious on how others see it, was I a huge asshole? 

I should make it known that I didn’t leave them with no childcare. The mother is a stay at home and they have a lot of family support if she couldn’t watch them for some reason. 