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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does he ever TW?  Maybe does drop off and pickup on the same day.

[b]FWIW my DW frequently has meetings and I have to do both pickup and dropoff at least once per week.  It's not ideal but not the end of the world either. [/b] It may not be realistic to reschedule the meeting depending on the size of the team.[/quote]

I agree with this in the abstract but there's a red flag waving that it's a year until this will even matter (no kid yet, and then leave) and DH is already drawing a line in the sand that *nothing* should change about his (not bigger, not more important, not less flexible) job once this kid is here.  He's basically saying that any childcare issues that crop up are mom's job, because he has a real job to worry about.  And that's an obnoxious attitude even coming from a seven-figure HHI dad with a SAHW, but it's significantly grosser from run of the mill guys like OP's got.  Because it's not about his job, which isn't big and impressive and obviously more important than hers.  It's just about him not having to make any changes because *he* is somehow intrinsically entitled to stability and calm after becoming a parent, and all the chaos needs to fall to her. [/quote]

Yes, all of this

Also, he should start paying attention to what other people do -- people move meetings all the time

And if they don't, then he can be a leader in changing his office culture or get a new job. Either way, he needs to step up and be a parent, it's [b]not OK[/b] in 2024--we're talking about someone born after [b]1990[/b] here, right?--to fall back on gender stereotypes. [/quote]

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