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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Maybe a year of the killer commute will change our mind, but for now, it seems like the best choice for us.[/quote]

Yes.  I guarantee a year of this commute will change your mind.  This is not snark, and I wish you no ill will.  But, it's horrible.

I lived this myself with a 2 year old, after H moved us &quot;away from all family and friends&quot; for an &quot;opportunity he couldn't refuse&quot; in a large cosmopolitan west coast city/megalopolis.   We chose a charming 1920s hipster neighborhood, even, full of the &gt;&gt;original&lt;&lt; hipsters -- the people who served as the model for, yes, Red Hook/Ft. Greene AND 11th St. in DC.

Then DC proceeded to be gone 15 hours a day due to a $$ job + that killer commute.  He didn't know his kids and missed their toddler and early preschool years.  He left when they were sleeping, missed all their meals, returned home after 8-9 pm bedtime.  He was exhausted on the weekends and cranky and only went through the motions of &quot;family time,&quot; I assume because he understandably wanted a little Me Time.

So please, think very very carefully about being glib about kissing away 2-3 hours -- yes, HOURS --a day on a commute, should you live in Columbia Hts type location.*

* personally, vibe-wise, I think you'd do best in Logan Circle brownstone floor-thru condo.[/quote]

This person is very wise, OP. Please listen to her. Commutes in the DC area are NO JOKE.

My DH is an attorney and I am essentially alone with DD before and after work every day -- daddy is only around on the weekends (he leaves before she wakes up and comes home after she's asleep). It is no life for a child to not see their father. Unlike me, you don't have to deal with this if you don't force your DH to do it. (And even I have put my foot down and demanded DH come home for dinner one night a week at least.) It's hell. Don't do it to your family, please.

Consider also that you are leaving your family and friends and the "life you've built for 11 years" and having your partner home with you and your child as much as possible only makes sense. [/quote]

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