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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why did your husband quit his job?[/quote]

Yeah OP did bury the lede there. What man who is not retirement age quits without another job lined up??[/quote]

I'm not the OP, but I also questioned OP about this earlier in the thread.

I'm going to guess it's because he was about to be fired, but they (his employer) allowed him to "quit" to save face.   Based on how OP has described him, would YOU want this man working for you?   [/quote]

Wow, that's unkind. I'm the OP - it is because his employer didn't offer parental leave for men and he wanted to take time off with our baby. That, combined with other things that weren't working for him at his job and our ability to (pre-COVID) get by on my one salary. Women do this all the time, why does it make my husband a slacker about to get fired? Geez.[/quote]

Woah woah woah. He quit to spend time with the baby yet he’s not stepping up to be the primary caretaker? That makes no sense. He needs a job or at least to be primary caretaker 4 days a week with a mothers helper the other day. I feel for you but you need to engage in some self help here rather than hand wringing about the pandemic. The pandemic sucks but you need some help around the house or to move to a gov job, which you should probably look into anyway. I’m not sure your husband will give you the support you need to make partner and Even so you sound miserable. Is it worth it?[/quote]

Exactly.  Yes, women 'do it all the time,' but then they actually follow through and take on the role of primary caregiver as their new job.  They don't flit about all day, being bad at chores or unable to care for two kids in the grocery store.  [/quote]

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