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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a female attorney with a husband that stays home.  My hours are longer than I want them to be, because my compensation depends on my hours, and we need the money to allow my DH to be a SAHD.  I usually come home and then work after everyone else is sleeping or lounging.  It is very frustrating to me when DH is upset that I'm working or responding to people, because I'm not doing it for fun, I'm putting in the extra effort for him and our family, and I'm actively looking for a new job with less demands.  I suspect your DH feels the same way.

As for phone calls during the day, I imagine that your DH needs to concentrate on a number of things.  Depending on how he works, he may need an uninterrupted pocket of time to get into a document or pleading.  He already may have calls throughout the day from clients and people he works with stopping by.  If you pile on a call from you, he may find that the only time he has to work without interruption is late at night.  Out of that list, the only call he can actually not take is yours, and he knows you would rather he not work at night, so it is circular.  (You don't want me to work at night, so you interrupt me during the day, which makes me have to work at night.)

It sounds like what you really need from DH are some defined pockets where you get a break and a sense that he really does prioritize the family.  Could you work on defining some "you" times into the week that are more structured so DH can try to work around them?  [/quote]

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