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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is it taking all your family time? Does he have to work 24-7 even when he is at home?[/quote]

It takes up the majority of his weekend time so all the time that we would be going to the pool, summer weekend trips, etc. He has also been tacking on a few days off to holiday weekends to work. He even went away Father's Day weekend for a business trip.

[b]I feel like a single mom.[/b] DH says he is doing it for us but it sure doesn't feel that way. DH said he would love to fund our two children's college funds and stop. I just don't think it is necessary to save our children's college funds now. I would much prefer for daddy to go swimming with us.[/quote]

Listen, drama queen. You are not even close to being a single mom, okay? You husband is working his ass off to bankroll your family to the tune of nearly a half a million dollars a year.

You may not like to go to swimming class alone (boo hoo!) but you really need to gain some perspective, because it's offensive that you think your husband working over the weekends and not going to swimming class makes your experience ANYTHING like a single mom's.[/quote]

Agree 100%...DH travels for work 4 days a week and people often make comments about how I"m pretty much a single mom.  And I correct them every time. It is nothing like being a single mom.

OP, it doesn't matter what we think.  You and DH have to decide, together, what works best for your family and do it. DH and I decided together that he would take this travel job for a number of reasons. If he had made the decision unilaterally, there would have been a lot of resentment. And if I coerced him into quitting, there would be a lot of resentment too.  There is no shortcut. You need to figure out what to do, together.[/quote]

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