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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sounds like your wife is realizing that she doesn't actually like child rearing, and is trying to offload it and free herself for things she does like.  If your wife now realizes that she doesn't actually like child rearing, then nothing is going to make her happy except somehow offloading more of it.  sorry about that.  many people, men and women alike, don't realize that they actually don't like children until they have one.[/quote]

[b]Hire a child's helper or house keeper to help in the evenings when you will work late. Maybe just hire for every night, but frees her to focus on kids and not try to cook, clean, etc alone.[/b]
Much cheaper than divorce or therapy :)[/quote]

Wife here.  This is bullshit.  Parents when I was growing up just got up off their lazy asses and did what they had to do.  Why should every helpless whiner get to waste their family's hard earned money on "help" when one spouse only works PT?

I have a FT professional job.  I dropped of my son at PS, worked from 8:30-5, picked up my son from PS, took him to dinner, took him to gymnastics, got home, took the trash to the curb for pickup, did laundry while DH put our son to bed, spent 1.5 with DH, went to sleep, got up this morning and did it all over again.  OP's wife sounds like an entitled brat to me.[/quote]

Right!?! She works part time and has one four year old. Mother's helper my ass.[/quote]

Nothing wrong with outsourcing. Just because you don't agree doesn't mean others should feel the same, especially if they can afford it.

OP, I think the wife needs to suck it up as having a full-time job is demanding but yes, let her know when you aren't available and it isn't  a horrible idea to hire an evening helper 10-15 hours a week to do dinner prep, light up keep, errands here and there, a few loads of laundry, hang out with dc, etc. I did this is college for a family of two working parents and I never thought they were being lazy. No, wife doesn't work full-time but if it makes it easier for the household, go for it.[/quote]

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