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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Big law wife here. DH busted his ass and we sacrificed early on, but it has paid huge dividends. There was no shortcut and I’m extremely proud of how hard he has worked to provide for our family. [/quote]

You mean HE sacrificed.  What did you do?[/quote]

you've never heard the term law firm widow? she basically raised the kids by herself and handled everything. i remember the year my husband (big firm partner) was away for 6 months straight (home just on weekends) and started referring to his corporate apartment in another state as "home" and his trek from said apartment to the client site as "my commute." My kids were preschoolers and toddlers. I was basically a single parent. [/quote]

That poster is ignorant. Your sacrifices are steep, but far from the worst. The amount of divorce and substance abuse among corporate lawyers is staggering. [/quote]

I assume by corporate lawyers you mean big law partners at top firms.  If so the divorce rate is tiny and substance abuse is also minimal.  Rich people rarely get divorced.  Above 750k the divorce rate is lower than 25%[/quote]

lol at the divorce rate being tiny in big law. Next thing you’ll tell me that no one in big law suffers from suicidal ideation or actually goes through with it. Find a corporate attorney in a non-sober moment and you can play emergency therapist for the day[/quote]

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