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[quote=Anonymous]DW has a very demanding job, manager level and is the primary earner (but not interested in being breadwinner and having me SAH, and that would mean moving to some distant suburb for her to commute).   I have a full time job, which all of my colleagues treat as a demanding role (their wives are almost universally pre-school or elementary teachers, so the priority is on their job not their wives) and they live in far suburbs like Prince William.

Which means I'm living like these NYT moms, caring for kids all day, calling into meetings and trying to keep my kids quit, working if they have a few minutes of independent play, and then catching up with work at night and weekends (time shifting is the recommended policy by my leadership).  DW is basically on meetings from 8am-6pm, and her company does not tolerate cute kit interruptions like that BBC Interview Dad...

I worry the lack of sleep is going to leave me vulnerable if we catch COVID; I already have risk factors and should be spending more time exercising and getting healthier but that is like priority #99 in life right now.  I honestly wish I could get by on less sleep.

And I worry about my career, I know my colleagues are curious about how it ALWAYS sounds like a circus when I have to speak during meetings, they make "jokes" about it now.
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