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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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That is frustrating. I'm a government attorney too, and often work more than 40 hours a week. But I can do a good bit of that at home after the kids go to bed. Is that an option for him? Or does he care about the face time? FWIW, my bosses know I work at home at night and get my work done.[/quote]

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