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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For me, "having it all" means both parents are equally engaged at work and at home, because my personal ideal is a household where everythiing is more or less balanced.  But I'm not cut out to be a SAHM - I wouldn't enjoy it.  I also don't want to work 12 hours/day at my office.  So my husband and I are both in 40 hr/week jobs and we're both (or neither) the primary parent.

There are other versions of "having it all" but clearly the OP doesn't feel like she has it all.[/quote]

This is also my definition. My husband and I both work, we both take care of our kids, we both take care of our dogs, and we both take care of our house. We also both maintain relationships with our friends and extended family. I, personally, don't like the idea of imbalance, where one person does all of one thing and the other does all of another. Yes, my husband does 99% of the outside maintenance of the house and I do 99% of the laundry, but neither the house nor the laundry care who is taking care of them. Our kids, family, and friends do care, which is why we both attend to those items.[/quote]

Well said.[/quote]

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