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[quote=Anonymous]I SAH b/c otherwise I'd be on here posting one of those threads about how my marriage is falling apart b/c DH and I can't seem to fairly divide household and childcare responsibilties well.

Our son was diagnosed with ADHD at age 5 and at that point DH and I both got evaluatedand were both diagnosed too. Just one of those things where it was not such a big deal pre-kids but relative weaknesses were really magnified once we were parents.

Both of us having to wear both bread-winner and domestic-care hats didn't play to either of our strengths and exasperated our weaknesses.

DH was already in a solid paying job but has stepped it up professionally and I SAH to cover the home front--which actually is demanding for me b/c my exec. functioniong skills are less than stellar. But although I'm not a natural at it, I really enjoy SAH b/c I derive most of my self-worth from instrinsic validation. DH and I both know that I'm doing what we both need me to be doing. And I let him know how much I appreciate the fact that he can finance a comfortable lifestlye for us--b/c otherwise we would be drowning.

I just wanted to share this b/c this isn't about having an immaculate home or maintaining the perfect social calendar, etc. We're just a husband and wife who looked at the realities on the ground of the family we had created and course corrected as needed.  In other words, the dynamics are equitable.[/quote]

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