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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No my husband and I look at it the way we would a nanny whom we were paying to come to our house. When he gets home from work, I "clock out" as the default caregiver and we share duties. Why? Because this is what we both expect from a "good" husband and father. He wants to be involved in our children's lives.

Ya'll need to have serious conversations with your husbands.[/quote]

No this could be different. In your scenario you both work 40 hours in parallel. So her DH is entitled to 80 hrs/wk for work and recuperating from work (b/c 70 hr high stress jobs as the sole breadwinner is a LOT OF STRESS. Way more than balancing a toddlers screen time. ). We decided both of us working was a better dynamic for us, but the sole breadwinner is different unless you have family money or a lot saved up from before you quit or live somewhere cheap so pressure is off breadwinner[/quote]

I am not quite sure that I understand your scenario.  Does a 70 hr/wk high stress job suddenly become less stressful if your spouse is also working? [/quote]

NP. He couldn't work 70 hours if she was working too. DH and I both work and we BOTH had to pull back when we had kids. We still make the same amount, we just get more done at work in less time now. [/quote]

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