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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I prefer having a spouse who is home for dinner every night.  Can’t put a price on that or outsource it. [/quote]

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DH is home most nights for dinner. What we don’t have is predictability. I don’t know which nights he won’t be home. I can’t rely on him for driving kids after school. On average, he works late twice per week. For that, he earns $1m more.[/quote]

I mean this is it right here.  Most biglaw partners are not working every night and missing dinner especially after the pandemic.  Most are pretty present with the kids.  What is missing as PP said is which night is late?  The compensation for that is huge.

I would ask the other PP -- why do you want your spouse home for dinner every night?  What is the value that you see? With kids sports and other events it is rare that we can have more than a diner or two a week together regardless of my biglaw schedule.  We do all spend time together later in the evening when everyone is home.[/quote]

I’m the ina pp.  I don’t want my husband home for dinner every night.  I want him to make dinner most  nights and work on their homework while I clean up!  And then take the kids in evening bike rides.  And go to Boy Scout meetings.  And make dr appts for them.  [b]Read report cards.[/b]  Attend back to school nights.  I want him to read the teacher emails.  We are raising three kids together.  There’s no shortage of work to do.  I’m definitely not interested in outsourcing his parenting role in exchange for a trust fund for my kids.  [/quote]

LOL. Also, why do both parents need to read teacher emails? Can't one summarize? A bit of a weird list.

People just don't want to hear that many partners are able to do this. There's a spectrum of jobs and personalities. Also, partners may have busy and slow seasons, such as accountants. I know mine isn't going to Boy Scout meetings in March and April. [/quote]

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