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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let me take you on a journey through my typical day, OP:

My alarm goes off at 6:05am. I roll out of bed, get dressed, wash up, make coffee, feed our two cats, pack my lunch for work, and head out at 6:30am.

I drive 45-60min to work.

I leave work at 4:30pm and drive at least an hour back home.

My 7 month old is a sweet and easygoing baby, but is not at the age where she can play on her own, so I am consumed with taking care of her from the time I get home at 5:30 until I give her a bath and put her to bed at 7:45pm. Sometimes my husband is home by that point, and sometimes he isn't.

Once my daughter is in bed, I take care of the pets (we have 2 cats and a dog), eat dinner, try to clean the house just a little, shower, and collapse into bed around 9:30 or 10:00.

Oh, and until a month ago, my baby was still waking up to eat 1-3 times a night.

When do you propose I spend time with anyone? [/quote]

I'm a DH, but the primary parent - and like the OP, I didn't get why it was so impossible to do anything ever with parents...at least I didn't understand until I got a  kid.

Same schedule, roughly:

Wake at 5:30 AM, make coffee, make a "breakfast" (hardboiled eggs) for DW and I, feed dog, shave/shower/dress and then out the door no later than 6:45.

Drive an hour, drop off DS at daycare, and then hit the office.  work work work work - cram in an errand or two at lunch - work work work work

Race to pick up DS before 5:30 cut off, and then 1:15 commute (evening is always slower)

Immediately make DS dinner and while feeding him, work on dinner for dW and I, and feed the dog.  DW thankfully takes over DS for the last hour before he goes to bed (8PM) and I finish making our dinner and maybe look at mail.

We eat at 8PM, and it's already 9PM by the time we clean up dinner...and then it's close to time to go to bed to get 8 hours in before the alarm hits at 5:30...

The last couples I knew who "disappeared" started to re-appear when the youngest was 4-5 and had mostly mastered skills/activities of daily living (changing clothes, bathing, potty trained, etc.).  I look forward to that.[/quote]

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