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[quote=Anonymous]How do you do it? Husband has been in big law for a year. I work full time. We have one child. I grew up in a family where both my parents were teachers, so I have nothing to compare this to. My husband will often work both weekend days and until 10pm every night. I often feel like I'm completely alone. I've tried to talk to him about trying to prioritize a weekly walk, and he always tells me he's overwhelmed or too busy to talk about it (since I can only catch him at the beginning/end of day), and I end up feeling like a nag, even though I feel it's very reasonable to try and talk about how we're going to move forward through this as a family. We haven't taken vacation in 2 years + due to COVID and having a baby, and we have no vacation on the horizon. I'm so burnt out and feel like I've lost track of why we're even doing all this. I am a pretty assertive person, and have made a point to bring things up to my husband in a non-accusatory way, but I'm genuinely concerned because I don't want life to pass him/us by. I would love to take our son on a trip this summer, but he insists he wants to be part of the first big vacation, and when I bring up when that can be, I'm just shut down since he's overwhelmed and doesn't want to plan.

I've suggested couples therapy and (not a joke haha) he says he doesn't have time. I strongly believe this is a time-management issue. He does have a lot of work, but a lot of people have a lot of work and still can find an hour.

In a city full of work-obsessed maniacs, I'm hoping someone else can relate.[/quote]

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