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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP you can’t have two people working out of the house 40+ hours and young kids without some help unless you’re fine with being really stressed all the time and not sleeping enough. You need a nanny/housekeeper/au pair type person. That’s reality. [/quote]

What are you talking about? I did it without any of those things and so did many people I know. Once the kids are school aged it’s absolutely manageable.[/quote]

PP did say young kids.

It really depends on the jobs. 45h+45h is one thing. 80hr+40hr is another. If one job requires a lot of travel, even a 40+40 can be really hard because of the burden on the spouse who stays home during that travel. And so on. Plus so many other factors -- family nearby? affordable, quality after care? home large enough to host au pair? how many kids? everyone in good health? mental health? energy levels of parents?

The one constant is that longer hours and higher demands at work do make parenting/household management harder and you will require more help, whether from family or paid help. To say it's "absolutely manageable" assumes that a lot of supports are in place or available. When you say "it's absolutely manageable" it's not an absolute term. It was manageable for you given your variables. It is not manageable for everyone given their variables. Often people overlook variables that are critical.[/quote]

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