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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP and her ilk can feel free to judge me because DC spends 1-2 weekend nights at the grandparents. I did the same when I was a kid and loved it as does my kid. I'm planning my retirement around being available to do the same for any grandkids I'm blessed to have. In addition, I've taken an adult vacation each year since birth. Maybe not as soon as your SIL but still. No regrets.[/quote]

But there are only two days in the weekend. So do you spend any time with your kids as a family? I hope you don't work all week then leave the kid most of the weekend? Doesn't your spouse want to spend the weekend with his child?
Do you and your spouse work?
Are you overwhelmed? Why do you do it?[/quote]

We spend time as a family, but family is more than just our household. I grew up feeling completely at home at my aunt/uncles, grandparents, etc. We both work and no I don't feel overwhelmed at all. I want my kid to know her family and be as close as I was. Her fav people in the world are her grandma and greatgrandma and its because she spends quality time with both regularly. In my family, for us to not see extended family at least weekly is odd. My little cousins and nieces are welcomed here anytime and nobody feels keeping kids are a burden fairly regularly because we all feel responsible for them. In addition, I love spending time with friends. Luckilly, some of my friends have similar familial structures in that one weeknight they might have nieces and nephews over to play and then we're all out for drinks the next (sometimes as couples, sometimes not).

Some of us are really fortunate to have family in the area who are really supportive so I know this wouldn't work for everyone, but per DCUM, seems like the most stressed out marriages are those with little outside help.[/quote]

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