What time does your DH or DW get home from work?

[Anonymous]

I guess I am lucky, sort of. My husband HATES working. He would way rather be here with the kids. Of course, he adores his time with them precisely because it is short! Nothing like being a SAHM to make bathtime tedious.

I feel so sorry for those moms whose husbands avoid coming home. How sad. Makes me realize how lucky I am to have a husband who genuinely misses his kids every day and wished he could come home at 5:30. Of course, I must admit that he is LAZY on the housework/cooking front so when he is here it is all abotu the kids. I think i am ok with that

[Anonymous]

My husband's a restaurant manager, so he doesn't have a set daytime schedule - some days it's 7-4 (or later), some days it's 4-close (which gets him home maybe by 2am). And he works a lot of weekends. The upside is he often has weekdays off so he'll keep the baby home and they have daddy/son days. Or he's available to do those weekday errands like running to the bank or can do the grocery shopping while it's not so crowded. The downside, of course, is that he's sometimes not around on the weekend, or won't be home in the evening at all.

We'd love to get him into a job with a steadier schedule, but God knows it's a tough time to be looking...

[Anonymous]

my husband is a chef, so I NEVER see him!!! it sucks. he is off Sundays and Mondays, but if someone doesn't show or if its busy or someone has vacation he is responsible to fill the spot. He come home around 5:30 twice a week, the other nights he is working, our only day off together is Sunday. so it can get lonely.

[Anonymous]

My husband gets home as soon as he can -- 6 p.m. most nights, or even 5:30 sometimes, and on Fridays he gets home at 5 p.m. or sooner. Every few weeks, he gets home closer to 7 p.m. when he is on deadline but he rushes home to put our baby to sleep. He is a wonderful dad and husband.

[Anonymous]

I am married to a big firm lawyer and I guess I am lucky--he comes home to do bathtime at 7:30 whenever possible. No, it's not five nights a week, but maybe three, and he's happy to do so. He loves being a dad and bathtime is their thing. My daughter's whole face lights up when he gets home. DH will sometimes come home for bath and dinner then go back to the office. No, it's not ideal but we knew his schedule way before DD entered the picture and it's his job that allows me to stay home. So we deal.

[Anonymous]

Between 9 and 10pm. He thinks an early night is 8:30pm...that said he goes in late in the morning-- 9:30-10:30ish (does a little email checking before then). So- we have 'family breakfasts' instead of 'family dinners;. Morrnings are very relaxed- 1 year old and 3.5 year old don't wake before 8am-8:30am.. Husband and I have our own dinner when he gets home...means we have a late bedtime of midnight.

It's not traditional but it works for us at this time in our lives. I work from home so will often work after putting kids to bed and before he arrives home.

[Anonymous]

I leave for work at 7:15am and DH handles DD's morning routine and hand off to nanny at 8:15am. I get home from work at 6pm and relieve nanny and DH gets home between 7 and 8pm.

One day a week every week DH travels to out of town client = leaves home at 5am returns home same day at 10pm.

In addition, DH travels average of one week a month for work.

[Anonymous]

When I was on maternity leave, DH left in the morning by 7:30 (unless I absolutely needed help with something that day) and got home anywhere between 7:15pm and 10:30 pm. He's at a law firm.

Now that I'm back at work 4 days a week (also at a law firm), we both get the kids ready in the morning. He leaves around 8 or a little before and I'm usually getting out the door by 8:20. I am home around 5:30ish -- in time to do the dinner, bath, bedtime marathon with a preschooler and an infant. DH is usually home between 7:15 and 8:30 these days, but that's more a function of not being as crazy busy as he was before. He's had a few really late nights at the office and I've spent a few evenings working from home until 1 or 2 am. Yuck.

DH is up for partner in the fall. We'll reevaluate this two career nonsense then. I never get to play with my kids during the week and it makes me sad.