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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OK, 100 hours a year is not that much volunteer work. I bet you can do things at home, like cut out 75 paper pumpkins or shit like that.

Your real issue is that you seem to have no agency in your own life.[/quote]

Well, yes. But I'm not really allowed to have it. I've had to turn down promotions, turn down some fantastic travel...I can't even do volunteer work of my choice because of DH's schedule (I wanted so badly to do CASA, but...). I know single parents manage and I'm not even a single parent, but it feels like I'm juggling too many balls. [/quote]

You know, everyone who gets married and has kids has to make these kinds of compromises. Or they lose wealth by paying for help, which is also an option. It's called choosing the life you want. For whatever reason you've decided you will take on nearly all of the compromising and your husband will take on none. OK. But that means you also get to choose what that looks like.

Your kid is in school all day. You don't need a professional nanny. Whatever kind of good enough, reliable sitter you can find will be fine, really. Even another military wife who brings her kids. There are options other than you feeling sorry for yourself.[/quote]

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