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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What's super frustrating is that the whole thing is about his perspective that it would be "unfair" for me to work part time while he works full time.  It's not really about the money. He just doesn't see all that I do to keep the household running, stuff that would still need to be done if I was home more often. He thinks I'd just be laying around on a break like vacation.[/quote]

I think it also has a lot to do with your husband being terrified of being the only bread winner. In some ways men want to be your “hero” and then they get spooked and put enormous pressure on themselves. I have been lucky enough to stay home until my kids went to full time school then work part time but it comes with listening to my husband whine about how it isn’t fair, he’s under stress & pressure and then fantasize about how I’m going to work full time to pay for college and support him when he retires first. It’s annoying but I probably will work more for college $ and retire second as I’m younger. It’s all so much a give and take negotiation.  [/quote]

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