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[quote=Anonymous]It just sounds like you guys aren't great at talking to each other. I am sure if DW was here, she'd have a lot to say about why she feels like staying home is the right choice and her happiness with it. She may feel it's "the right thing to do" as a mom - not necessarily because she enjoys it or is good at it. Also know that your kids are very small and you are firmly in the trenches - SO much will change in the next few years and it will get so much easier for both of you.

You two need to go away/out to dinner and really talk about the future. Here are the questions you need to get at:

1) How do you want your children cared for both now and when they are school aged?
2) How do you see your family ideally working in 3-5 years?  Does DW want to go back to work?
3) How can both of you make decisions for your family together, instead of unilaterally. How has that hurt your relationship? How can that improve?
4) Can you make a plan that both of your like about finances, careers, child care and education?[/quote]

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