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How are people having so much trouble understanding OP's situation? I travel a fair bit, and DH works long hours. Both kids are in pre-school, but we also still have their nanny (since older DC was a baby) working FT. She does everything from grocery shopping, to cooking, to laundry in addition to drop-off/pick-up at school. But, when I travel, none of that matters. DH still has to step up and take care of the kids in the evening, often come home earlier than he would normally, take days off work if they and the nanny are both sick (happens), etc. [b]And if you don't believe there are DH's who would simply refuse to those things, then you need to spend more time on DCUM reading threads started by frustrated, unsupported mothers[/b].[/quote]
Then you wouldn’t have chosen to have a second child and increase your burden.[/quote]
OP explained why she did this. In retrospect, it doesn't seem like the best decision...but her reasoning wasn't insane. She didn't have a second kid blindly. And regardless, her kids are here now. She needs to figure out how to manage with a DH who simply won't help. As someone who travels for work frequently (though usually short, domestic trips), I'm saying that even an awesome FT nanny who's worked for us for 5 years is not enough. If DH didn't share the parenting load, I could not keep my job.[/quote]

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