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[quote=Anonymous]My husband is not in big law, but generally leaves at 8:15a and gets home around 9p.  He also works Saturday and Sunday one weekend a month.  With young children, we never eat dinner together during the week.   He takes the kids to school in the morning unless he has an early meeting.  I SAH right now and he works.   This arrangement works for us, and we do not have the income to have a housekeeper or a babysitter unless absolutely necessary.  Are there times that I am tired of being a virtual single parent during the week.  Of course.  Are there times that he is burnt out with his schedule.  Absolutely.  I think the hardest thing for us is to not take each other for granted and to remember that we are both working hard to support our family.  He spends the weekends he is at home with our kids.  We are lucky in that he has enough flexibility that if necessary he can get to back to school nights, etc.

My husband used to be active duty in the navy, and there are many independent women (and men) who do just fine managing the family while their spouses are deployed.  For those who make this work, the spouse at home usually enjoys the autonomy of decisionmaking and has a strong support network of family or friends.  The hardest part is the transitions.  In my experience with a circle of friends whose husbands or wives work long hours and/or travel a lot, this applies to them as well. 
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