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[quote=Anonymous]I'm sorry but if the gender roles were reversed and a woman was posting that she was tired of carrying the full financial load, esp with college looming, and her husband only worked very part time but could easily ramp up and the kids were in HIGH SCHOOL, there would be no question what the consensus would be....it would be 'tell your lazy DH to get back to work."

Both parents should contibute as much as they can to the overall welfare of the family. If there's a disagreement about what that looks like, they should come to a reasonable solution. Its reasonable to expect someone to work and bring in more income if they can  and if there's a need (and sorry, yes, one GS 15 salary is not sending multiple kids to college) and there are not overwhelming demands on their time otherwise.

As for who is doing the cooking, cleaning, etc--newsflash. Plenty of non wealthy households with two working parents manage it. We do. Maybe our house is not spotless, I don't do PTA crap, our meals are simple, we have to juggle appointments but it is more than possible. And our kids are not anywhere close to HS, I still read to them at night and oversee lunches, baths, etc. [/quote]

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