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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I always find it bizarre when women boast about how their husbands never stay home with sick kids so they can prioritize career. The women seem openly proud about how they’ve enabled their husbands to be bad fathers. I genuinely never know how to respond when I hear someone talking about that. [/quote]
I think they're explaining more than bragging. It's hard to find a really high earning job that also allows for a lot of flexibility and unplanned remote work. They're not bad dads for letting the SAHM or default parent stay home with sick kids. This is usually what it takes to earn a lot of money.

I'm a little jealous and wish that I picked a high-earning husband and I could have stayed home with kids the whole time. Plus had money to outsource to make everyone's lives easier. Of all the combinations, high earning DH with SAHM seems like the best to me.[/quote]

Don't regret it for a minute.  For a high earning job that often involves traveling 2 weeks out of a month and evening events (you don't get to the exec level and stay there without having dinners with customers and employees, etc), the best solution for us was to have a SAHP to ensure continuity for the kids and I wanted to be home with them.  Sure I could have worked---I was making low 6 figures at 29 when I quit to SAHP, I could have paid for a nanny/outsourcing services but I preferred to be with my kids.   Don't regret it at all[/quote]

100% THIS[/quote]

But don’t you miss your husband? I love my husband and am grateful to spend more than 50% of my evenings with him. [/quote]

I don’t need to spend 24/7, 365 with my spouse.  Given that he works from home now 75% of time he’s not traveling, I see him plenty.  I have a life and plan outings with my friends when he’s not around, or just enjoy time alone at home.

I mean the first 3 years we knew each other was long distance, including the first 2 years of marriage (I was in grad school) 
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