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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Law partner wife here. It wasn’t temporary for us. Husband consistently came home after I’d tucked kids into bed, all the way through elementary school. They’re in middle school now and are not close to their dad. He had a midlife crisis, wondering if work was all there is (gee, I wonder why). We’re separated so he can pursue happiness (i.e. younger women), and he spends a couple hours with the kids on Sundays and eats dinner with them. He doesn’t see them at all 6 days a week and it’s still more time than they used to get. He moved out more than a year ago and has never had an overnight with the kids.

My advice: don’t go along with your husband not seeing the kids unless it’s a temporary situation.[/quote]

DH is a surgeon and works long hours. He has always helped out and all our children are close to their father. He goes to all their sports games on weekends. He has always helped out with bath and bedtime as long as he was home whether it was 2 or 5 nights per week.

He has colleagues who don’t want to help out with bedtime and purposely stay at work longer to avoid helping. I’m sure this is not the case for all. We know all sorts of successful people and some are more hands on than others. I have actually heard people say they would rather outsource helping the spouse instead of helping.[/quote]

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