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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have you thought about finding an office job?[/quote]

I'm 50 years old and haven't worked in an office since I was early 30's.. I selected my line of work for the remote flexibility because we have kids. I also do not have an office to go to. [/quote]

I get what you're saying - but you've enjoyed 20 years of getting to WFH and refuse to give it up. Can you understand why your husband enjoys it now, too?

I'm not saying you're wrong and he's right - just, I've worked from home on and off for 20 years too and it would really take something special for me to give it up. [/quote]

UMMM - Years of working from home while raising kids.. Intentionally as I'm the main caretaker. Please do not glorify this. [/quote]

Please, if she was working she had childcare. She took a lower pace job, got to work from and hang out with kids in afternoon, while he dragged himself to an office to bankroll her leaning out. [/quote]

Said like someone who has never tried to respond to client follow up emails while a child asks you to play with them and the other child demands another snack. Or tried to finish writing a work proposal on your laptop outside swim/gymnastics/ballet/hockey. Or gotten the call that your kid has a fever and needs to be picked up right before you are scheduled to deliver a live webinar, when your partner is at least an hour from the school.

I am very grateful for my flexible, WFH job that enables me to be present in my kids’ lives. But it is very different from a WFH set up that merely allows you to sleep in late and wear sweat pants all day. Comparing OP’s WFH experience to her husband’s is inaccurate. For her WFH was essential to family functioning. To him, it’s a cool perk.[/quote

BINGO!!!![/quote]

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