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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP you have a husband who can take care of his own kid for Chrissake[/quote]

I just left my DH alone with 3 kids age 7 and under while I went on a girls’ trip for 4 nights. I do not understand people who need to fly somebody in to help watch their own kids. Hire a sitter for a few hours if he needs a break or extra set of hands. [/quote]

Is your DH a senior partner? Doctor? Own his own company? These are all jobs where he may not be able to cut his hours to watch his kids and he should not be faulted for it. [/quote]

Stop with this.

A senior partner or a doctor or most CERTAINLY a business owner has more control over their own hours than the vast majority of people in this country.  
And the point wasn't that they can cut back at work, but that they have a lot more options, because of the income from these jobs, to make it work OTHER THAN flying MIL in from across the country.

Life is about choices, and your "high-powered" job doesn't make those choices more difficult.  In fact, the opposite.[/quote]

That’s news to me.  I’m a doctor, and my vacation, planned a year ago, was just canceled because we are understaffed.  I also have to give 90 days notice before I quit, and I had to sign a (pretty standard) non-compete that means I more or less have to move if I quit.  [/quote]

+1 I am also a doctor, and all of the above plus I have to give 90 days notice to rearrange a single 4-hour clinic and more for a full week (usually vacation & travel schedule is set a full year in advance). You can’t just arrive late or leave early every day for a week on short or even normal notice.

People here have really warped perceptions of what doctors lives are like, just bc they make more money doesn’t mean they live cushy work lives.[/quote]

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