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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Grow up. You had a family. Move her aftercare to the Y, they close at 6:30. Then rearrange your schedules so that someone gets her by 6:30. That's what the rest of us do. [/quote]

Maybe they are police officers or other shift workers who don't have much control over hours.[/quote]

Working in downtown DC and living in Arlington?  Doubt it.[/quote]

ER docs then?[/quote]

My husband is a fed attorney and he acts like he has to stay at work until unpredictable times each night, often getting home between 6:45 and 7:45. If he had to leave reliably each day at 5:15, which is when he'd have to leave for 6pm pick-up, he would complain endlessly. He leaves at that time maybe 2x a week max, and acts like it's a big and noticeable deal. It seems to me like it's very important to him to be one of the last people there each night, and when I suggest he adapt an earlier and more consistent schedule he freaks out (he frequently doesn't leave the house until 8:45 or 9). If we were both this way, as I suspect OP and spouse are, it would be unworkable. It's MY flexibility that makes it work...someone has to have some flex.

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Ugh my DH is similar. We have an after school babysitter to cope. It can be hard (and expensive) to find a reliable part time sitter though. When and if we have to flex, I will require DH to do drop off so I can get to work early enough to pick up at a reasonable time (5:15-5:30). Even my lazy af DH realizes that we have to split pick up and drop off fairly. He often ends up being tardy with the drop off but the fact that the school can call CPS for too many tardies motivates him a little. [/quote]

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