Not wise? A smart little cookie, I'd say. Let's see: I'm 20 years old, no post-secondary education, been looking after the children of a very rich man. He's separated from his wife, is unhappy, possibly vulnerable. I have a couple of choices: I can go on being a babysitter for the wife and make a pittance for the rest of my life, or I can go and comfort the rich man, and make the pitch in such a way that he'll take me up on it. And if he does, I'm set for life - I'll never have to work again, I'll be able to live in big expensive houses, travel around the world, spend as much money as I want, go to the Oscars and movie premieres and other celebrity affairs and hang out with the Hollywood stars... All I'd have to do is bear at least one child (just in case he dumps me, I can claim huge sums in child support), take care of the kid during the day, service the man at night when he's home, and look the other way when he engages in his little peccadilloes (because if I complain about them, he could kick me out, since I can't seem to get him to marry me).
Sounds like a good deal to me.
-TD, feeling very cynical this morning (mostly because work has dried up again and all I have in my bank account is $23, which is about $616 short of covering my rent for August).