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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I couldn’t get through your whole post before thinking your DW had unrealistic expectations. You seem to be able to do more than most that are employed full time. [/quote]

He works 10-5:10. That's barely full time. He SHOULD be doing more. [/quote]

He IS doing more. He takes his 4 year old to daycare every morning during what most of us would consider [b]typical work hours[/b].  And he is clearly involved as soon as his workday ends at 5, because he was aware on this particular snow day that his extra 10 minutes of work really messed up his wife's expectations. Clearly he is involved on typical days, or his wife wouldn't have lost her mind when he had the audacity to work for a 5 hour stretch without relieving her.  [/quote]

But he's not working during those hours, so it's no big sacrifice on his part. Honestly he should do everything before work--breakfasts, packing backpacks, etc. Starting at 10 is crazy late.

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So he should handle all child/house stuff from 7-10am every morning, jump back into it from 5-8pm every night, work from 10-5 every day and 8-9 every night, so that poor DW can get a break from her grueling life of watching one infant from 10-5 every day while her 4 year old is at daycare?   [/quote]

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