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[quote=Anonymous]First of all, can we all get over ourselves that many of the people posting on this thread are apparently in the 1% and have HHI of 300k+, because there are many people who have "professional" jobs who make quite a bit less than that.

DH and I both have professional jobs and make about $90k each.  We are hardly poor, nor are our jobs any less important than yours.  We both get home by 6pm most of time.  Not lawyers or doctors either, but do have to answer lots of email at night and on weekends, and we argue about who has to stay home with a sick kid sometimes.

Your question depends on a ton of factors:
1) whether one or both parents work
2) commute time for both
3) office flexibility (or perceived flexibility)
4) age of childen and how many
5) how important it is to you.
6) when daycare/nanny relief time is

FWIW, I think not eating together is more common when you have very young children, when one person has a very demaning job, and when you have a bad commute.[/quote]

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