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[quote=Anonymous]My DH and I had to figure out this dynamic as well. I am fully remote and he works from home most days. The thing is, my job is very lax, and when I see him — in the kitchen or in passing, like when he steps out of his office For coffee or the bathroom to his office — I want to chat. He kindly asked that I pretend like he’s not home. Because he doesn’t want to get out of his work “headspace”. It’s hard for me, but I appreciate that he is at home, and when  he is done, we can chat, eat, and interact. And a lot sooner, since he doesn’t have a 30 minute commute.

One problem we did have, is after he is on meetings all day, he did not want to be bothered. He would rather go sit with the dog, than have a conversation with an adult. We figured , that usually he would have the time driving home to regroup before having to interact with family . So I give him about an hour. It’s crazy, even when we’re both at home all day, we usually have our first conversation at 6:30 PM.

If there’s something important, he will send me a text or  we will plan time to discuss. To some this sounds  cold, but it works for us. My DH is very type A and an executive at work, so he is used to time-boxing things. After 20 years, He has learned to turn it off for family, but if I absolutely need to have a discussion at 2 PM about the exterminator that’s about to stop by, for example; it helps for us to have a scheduled “meeting”. (Funny in his job he establishes rules for WFH and expects that everyone is doing the same thing)[/quote]

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