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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My husband didn't exercise like this but he worked -- a lot. many weekends and evenings plus travel.  It is very hard to change someone who is set in their ways (we married out of grad school so I had no idea that work would be so consuming for him).

He did respond to "I need you home for X" whether it was a birthday party, soccer game, etc."   Also, I hired a sitter and quit feeling guilty about it.   Eventually though, we did end up in counseling.   Things are much, much better now, although some of that has to do with his age (late 40's and has achieved all that he sought out to do) and his desire to be around the kids now that they are older.

It was very disappointing but at some point I made a decision that I wasn't going to let the resentment ruin me (and us) and worked very hard to find a solution -- or really a lot of little solutions.[/quote]

That's not quite the same thing since he was achieving in his career, which presumably had some sort of benefit for your family as a whole (e.g., higher pay).

Also, to the PP on the first page, "Cat in Cradle" is Harry Chapin, not Cat Stevens.  Man, that was bugging me.  You all stayed on topic so well; I can't believe no one else flagged that.[/quote]

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