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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m so irritated that everyone keeps blaming op for her job. She has reasonable hours and good salary for Law. She doesn’t need to mommy track anymore than she already has.

The problem is that her husband is working crazy hours. He needs to take more of a break in the evenings and help out more. OP is not the problem. And they need tips for how to outsource more. That’s really what Op was asking. She does not need to mommy track more.[/quote]

So she doesn’t really have reasonable hours. She works a normal full time  day AND then she logs on every night after kids are in bed.  Apparently husband is also working at night. This is a recipe for misery and is not sustainable as kids work their way through elementary and the middle school. Yes, OP could get more help around the house but there are some things you can’t outsource like time to exercise, relax, have sex with your spouse or just connect. Plus as everyone with older kids keeps screaming this schedule will be impossible soon because kids stay up later, have after school activities even if you just do one sport, need more help with homework, stay up later and want to spend time with you etc. it doesn’t have to be mom but dad is pulling in $500k and OP likes her fancy digs so it has to be mom in this case. And mommy law jobs can be very challenging and exciting— working for a nonprofit, working for local, state, or federal government etc. it’s not bad to have a mommy law job. It just means you can actually be a mommy. [/quote]

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