History Main / MarryTheNanny

* John of Gaunt, son of Edward III and uncle to Richard II, was a crucial and powerful figure in the politics that led to the UsefulNotes/WarsOfTheRoses. He fell in love with Katherine Swynford, who was the nanny to his children by his first wife, Blanche of Lancaster. He had five children by Katherine, and he eventually married her. His children by Swynford were given the surname Beaufort and were legitimized on the condition they would not be eligible to inherit the throne. Ironically, every British monarch since Henry VII has been a descendent of Swynford.

* ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic''' is TruthInTelevision. Maria and Georg von Trapp married after Georg initially hired Maria as a governess. Unlike in the musical, she wasn't a governess to all his children, but only the second eldest daughter Maria ([[AdaptationalNameChange renamed]] [[OneSteveLimit Louisa]] in the musical), who was too sickly to go to school; but the outcome of their marriage was the same.

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Unless said nanny is secretly a BabysitterFromHell, the children usually do not object to this like they do with other [[ParentWithNewParamour love interests of their parents]]. They might even be the ones who [[KidsPlayMatchmaker try to make it happen in the first place]]. This is because said nanny [[BabysitterFriendship already has their love and trust]]; making them the legal parent is just icing on the cake. On the parents' end, seeing how good said nanny is with their kids might exacerbate the attraction to them, especially if [[MagicalNanny the nanny fixes the family's issues]]. A promotion to GoodStepmother will then be in order.

* ''Film/YouveGotMail'': Nelson Fox, Joe's father, married a couple of Joe's nannies before divorcing them (not that he remembers they were nannies first). [[spoiler: To make it really ironic, Nelson's most recent wife ran off with ''their'' nanny.]]

** In ''Literature/TheMovingFinger'', it's revealed that [[spoiler: Mr Symmington has been secretly in love with his beautiful nursery governess Elsie Holland, and that he killed his wife in order to marry her.]]

** In another episode [[spoiler: the victim was killed by his stepmother and former nanny who had done it because he had come close to realising she had murdered his mother to steal his father.]]

* ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'' has the lively nun Maria, who comes to the home of Captain Von Trapp to be governess to his seven children. She was kind to them and brought music back into the household. This caused him to begin to fall in love with Maria and they soon married.

* The Creator/{{Hallmark}} film ''Film/TheNannyExpress'' is about two children who have driven away all their nannies, but meet their match when their father takes a liking to the newest one.

** In the back story of ''Literature/MrsMcginntysDead'', Mr. Craig had an affair with his kids' nanny Eva Kane. One of them killed his wife when she became pregnant. He was ultimately the one convicted though the book suggests she was the real killer.

One possible romantic resolution for a single parent is to marry the nanny. Or the governess. Or the KindlyHousekeeper, if she's younger. Or in general, anyone privately hired to care for the kids or the house. Writers abhor single parents, it seems, and marrying them to people who already act as {{Parental Substitute}}s to their children is the neatest way of fixing this.

** In the back story of ''Literature/MrsMcginnty'sDead Mr. Craig had an affair with his kids nanny Eva Kane. One of them killed his wife when she became pregnant. He was ultimately the one convicted though the book suggests she was the real killer.

* ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic''' is TruthInTelevision. Maria and Georg von Trapp married after Georg initially hired Maria as a governess. Unlike in the musical, she wasn't a governess to all his children, but only the second eldest daughter Maria ([[AdaptationalNameChange renamed]] [[OneSteve Limit Louisa]] in the musical), who was too sickly to go to school; but the outcome of their marriage was the same.

* Madame de Maintenon, the second wife of Louis XIV, first came to his attention when acting as caretaker to his illegitimate children and later became the royal governess.

Unless said nanny is secretly a BabysitterFromHell, the children usually do not object to this like they do with other [[ParentWithNewParamour love interests of their parents]]. They might even be the ones who [[KidsPlayMatchmaker try to make it happen in the first place]]. This is because said nanny [[BabysitterFriendship already has their love and trust]]; making them the legal parent is just icing on the cake. On the parents' end, seeing how good said nanny is with their kids might exacerbate the attraction to them, especially if [[MagicalNanny the nanny fixes the family's issues]].

Sometimes the parent is initially spoken for, but this initial partner will inevitably turn out to be wrong for the family and [[DisposableFiance will be summarily dumped]]. Alternatively, a TemporaryLoveInterest might get involved to make either side realize they share more than a mutual love for the children.

A TemporaryLoveInterest might get involved to make either side realize they share more than a mutual love for the children.

Compare to TeacherParentRomance. Generally falls under the first type ("child approves of the relationship") of ParentWithNewParamour. It's also an inversion of SingleParentsAreUndesirable. Since this is an employee/employer relationship, subtrope of UnequalPairing. See also BabysitterFriendship.

Compare to TeacherParentRomance. Generally falls under the first type ("child approves of the relationship") of ParentWithNewParamour. It's also an inversion of SingleParentsAreUndesirable. Since this is an employee/employer relationship, subtrope of UnequalPairing. See also MagicalNanny.

* Defied in Creator/AliWong's standup special ''Hard-Knock Wife'': She hired an elderly lady to nanny for her and her husband, because a hiring a "25-year-old pretty young thing" is a surefire way to destroy your marriage.

* In the British dramedy ''Jack & Sarah'', the eponymous Jack is a successful lawyer who suddenly becomes a widow thanks to DeathByChildbirth. Enters the picture a bubbly, hip American expat who becomes the nanny. After a rocky start (due to their age gap, socioeconomic status and cultural differences) sparks fly.

* In "A Tale of Heroes," a Tarma & Kethry short story in the Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar series, the pair rescues an inn's chambermaid, Fallan, from her abusive employer and take her with them. She proves to be absolutely hopeless at road life, alienating the two after three days. Fortunately, earlier in the story they [[SacredHospitality guested]] with Landry, a widower farmer with five children, who had wished for someone to help with the children and house. Fallan proves to be such a perfect fit for the household that after a week, both Tarma and Kethry can see that Landry is already thinking about proposing.
* The ''Yulianna'' series by Yulia Voznesenskaya concludes with Dmitry Mishin deciding to marry Alexandra, his daughters' governess (appointed, ironically, by his previous GoldDigger fiancee). The girls are enthusiastic about it and actively ship them, though they consider Alexandra to be a CoolBigSis rather than a ParentalSubstitute, since she is much younger than their father and their late mother.

* ''Series/CountryComfort'': Summer seems to be GenreSavvy for this trope, when Bailey arrives at her boyfriend’s house. Beau is a widower and single father, and Bailey is a young, single and attractive woman with big dreams who arrives at his house by chance after getting dumped by her {{Jerkass}} boyfriend and almost instantly clicks with his children, even the one who is most hurt over her mom’s death. Their situation has all the basics of a classic Hallmark movie. Summer, of course knowing what usually happens in these movies, specifically to the widower’s current girlfriend, tries to get rid of Bailey a few time to avoid the same ending.

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