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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. I, and I think a lot of folks here, know the difference between working late to catch up on something, vs working to avoid being home. I've had to work many evenings and on travel to get things done. I work most evenings, to some degree. I guess I get frustrated when I know for a fact some folks are manufacturing work for some reason, and I'm guessing it's to avoid being home. I try very hard to balance work and home life, and I really like my home life. I don't want to miss anything unless I have to. I get frustrated when people I work with create work issues that I then have to deal with, that are unnecessary. I'm trying to figure out why they do this. Also, I have a couple friends where one spouse always seems to have something going on and the other picks up the childcare/household slack a lot. I feel bad for the spouse that does the bulk of the work. Not my business, I know, but I still feel bad for them.[/quote]

You need to let all of this go.  Stop assigning motivations to what people do, you're only going to drive yourself crazy.  You say you have more work to do because other people are making up work, but I'm not sure you can know that for sure.  And if it's just busy work, then don't do it.  If you're talking about feeling like you have to respond to an email at 11 pm, then that's on you.  Also, stop feeling bad for other people unless they ask for your sympathy.  Honestly, it just makes you sound like you have fake pity for people who do things differently than you, which isn't a good look.[/quote]

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