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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Did you really give up your career?  You make it sound like you had no choice.  Tons (probably the majority) of women go back to work after having children.  They get daycare, or hire a nanny if the hours/travel demand that flex. [/b] I also have plenty of friends who only stepped out of their career for ~2 years and then were back in the same line of work.  Plenty of employees get taking off briefly to be with your child(ren).

I'm sorry you have had to shoulder this burden, but you have to take control and stop acting/sounding like a victim.  [/quote]
How are people having so much trouble understanding OP's situation? I travel a fair bit, and DH works long hours. Both kids are in pre-school, but we also still have their nanny (since older DC was a baby) working FT. She does everything from grocery shopping, to cooking, to laundry in addition to drop-off/pick-up at school. But, when I travel, none of that matters. DH still has to step up and take care of the kids in the evening, often come home earlier than he would normally, take days off work if they and the nanny are both sick (happens), etc. [b]And if you don't believe there are DH's who would simply refuse to those things, then you need to spend more time on DCUM reading threads started by frustrated, unsupported mothers[/b].[/quote]
Then you wouldn’t have chosen to have a second child and increase your burden.[/quote]

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