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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Interesting thread for me, a spouse of a partner track associate. If I had to glean the best advice from these past two pages it would be expect spousal absence and prepare to pay others to fill the gaps. [/quote]
Exactly. Best way for marital harmony. [/quote]

To an extent, yes. But if he’s a good dude and everyone’s priorities are as they should be, he will make it to the important things. Like yes, I manage the kids and the house at about 98%, including the maintenance and stuff like that, be it outsourcing or handling myself. He does finances and…works. A whole lot. That means I’m the one running crazy to deliver kids to tutoring and sports practices, which is a lot with three in different activities. But he’ll be there for the game on Saturday, even if he has to work before and/or after, and that’s what the kids notice for now.[/quote]

I never get the going to the game thing.  
There were a lot of times when I was growing up that my dad only had a couple of hours a week to spend with me, and he would take me out to lunch or we would sit and talk in his office or go for a run together.  I was a pretty good athlete (D1 college athlete), and I never would have traded a lunch with my dad to have him sit in the sidelines and watch me play.  [/quote]

Yea I agree that simply showing up at a game qualifies you as a decent father.   Especially if you’re a Biglaw partner.  It’s just more evidence of their competitive nature - the need to see their offspring compete and win.  [/quote]

Yes.  And then what happens if you don’t win or are having an off day?  I can imagine a child feeling that they did something morally wrong if their big, important dad took off work to watch them compete, and they didn’t do well.  
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