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[quote=Anonymous]There’s so many factors here. If OP is really only earning $250 k for those hours and her husband is earning similar for also long hours that I would really question how they are affording the help they need, after taxes etc. my husband works crappy hours like that but earns a lot more and honestly the only reason we are ok is because I leaned out. If you are a doctor or doing something really meaningful and those hours are really necessary you can try to make your life work around them by hiring help etc. I would not be ok with that little time with my kids long term but more than that I have trouble being the kind of parent I want to be when I’m on 100 percent of every waking hour and working multiple hours every night to catch up. YMMV.

If you are really doing this for the money I would follow the suggestions to push back hard on meetings and set some really firm boundaries about making it to school event that you care about and getting to your kids games and stuff. Not PTA meetings and obligations but stuff you actually care about.[/quote]

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