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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Long story short:

DW was a trailing spouse for first part of marriage for much longer than anticipated. Now DH has his desired job (academic), and DW is trying to get her career back on track after 4 years of disjointed work and freelancing. DW is 34, and it is time to have a baby, but DW doesn't want to permanently tank the possibility of a decent paying career. Therefore, DW wants DH to take on [b]at minimum[/b] 50% childcare responsibilities while she tries to get promoted and work her way up the corporate ladder to a middle manager level. DH claims to be on board, but DW is concerned that in practice things will fall apart, in large part because she reads all of the sob stories on this board.

What say you? [/quote]

From the little you mention, you'll have your work cut out for both of you.

DW is already setting herself up for mental implosion.  I'm assuming she'll go back to work after FMLA?  To jump into the fray and sink herself back into her career while rearing a child is incredibly stressful and my guess is that regardless of how much DH picks up, DW will always feel like she's not getting ahead or he's not doing enough.  I've seen it many times.[/quote]

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