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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sounds like the dream, OP. What sort of business? Any chance your husband could become part of it so you can grow the biz, and you could both have this schedule?[/quote]

OP. We talked about making him a part of it, but TBH, I don’t think he’d be a good fit. I do want to hire someone eventually but he doesn’t have the skill set or personality I need.

Also, every woman I know who made their husband part of their business ended up divorced and losing it. So thinking of worst case scenario. [/quote]

Yeah, that's smart - sounds like you're doing this right.

I guess if I were the person working the regular job while my spouse was making the same amount working much less, I'd probably resent some of it because I think that's just being human but also I'd be glad that they got this. It's not totally comparable, but my spouse is on a 4-day workweek and gets 2 weeks off at the holidays at his think tank - and he often has time to watch some TV during the day.

We both work from home - so that's nice - but I am on a regular five-day schedule, get very little vacation (and make half as much).

I don't resent him at all for having this more generous and flexible schedule - but it is making me try to figure out how I can get more of that for myself. I would say we split household stuff about 50/50 - but, like, we often schedule vet appointments for our pets on Fridays, since he has them off. If he decided he didn't want to do that, even though he had the flexibility to do it, I'd be a little upset.

This is all just a ramble. I don't think it's a terrible idea for you not to make a big deal to your spouse about how few hours you actually have to work. [/quote]

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