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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t know, clearly this is going to be a contrarian opinion, but I think parenting will be a lot easier if you accept that not everything is going to be exactly 50/50, not for all tasks and all the time. So what if you do one extra pick up a week, maybe he’ll cook dinner one extra night or take the baby for a few extra hours on a weekend or whatever. Flexibility and compromise is key in my opinion. Because there will be a time when you’ll need him to do two sick days in a row because you have some huge thing at work or whatever. Or maybe he gets a big project at work and for a time can’t do 50% of the pick up. I know my marriage wouldn’t have survived if we bean counted every single parenting thing. [/quote]

This! You’ll drive yourself nuts if you operate this way. It can’t be 50/50 with everything. Also, you are going to find that you and your husband excel at and/or enjoy different parts of childcare.  My husband LOVES taking the kids to the playground….i don’t really enjoy it. He will take them out to play on the weekends while I stay home and do stuff around the house.  I love bathtime and getting the kids settled at night. He will often get online and work while I’m bathing the kids. My husband loves taking the kids to school…I find it to be a bit stressful. Some weeks I take on 90 percent of kid duties while my husband works long hours. It is what it is. You can’t have your elbows up or you’ll drive yourself crazy.  [/quote]

Of course he loves taking them, he lets them loose on the fenced playyard then kicks back and watches sports on his phone

Taking them to school is way easier than pickup, impacts work less, and I 100% sure he doesn’t care if they are late, while you do.  [/quote]

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