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[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. [b]Of all the combinations, high earning DH with SAHM seems like the best to me[/b].[/quote]

Nah, couldn't disagree more. DH and I both have very flexible jobs, where we can choose to go to the office or WFH.  I'm in a global role and work strange hours, so I opt for home most days, while he opts for the office 2--3days/wk and works a regional role, tied to US time zones.  When we have a sick kid, we trade off.  One time him, the next me and so on.  We used to also have  FT nanny, and don't need one now.  We both make about 350k+/- depending on bonuses.  This is the best combo! We both get to be SAHP and work FT.  I even do mid-week brunches with the other SAHMs, schools, etc.[/quote]

Works for you.  However, if one person wants to be higher level then the SAHP model works well too.  [/quote]

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