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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I did a 7:30 pm appointment with my DH years ago, before we had kids.  I was the person with long hours (associate at a big law firm) and even getting to that 7:30 appointment was hard because I used to leave the office no earlier than 8:30 or 9 at night.  But it was very much worth it and really helped.

I don't know how many hours I worked back then, just how many I billed because that was all that mattered.  I usually was in the office by 8:30 and, as I mentioned, out by 8:30/9:00 if there was not an emergency.  I also worked around five hours/day each weekend day.  I couldn't bill it all (pro bono work, admin stuff, professional and client development, etc.), but I know I was billing around 2500 hours/year.  Some months when I was going to trial I basically never left the office except to get a change of clothes and maybe a couple of hours of sleep.

So you can go to counseling if you work that much, but it's not easy.  Honestly, being in a relationship at all is not that easy when you work that much.  I have since left the firm and feel so much more connected to everything - DH and the children I had since leaving the firm.

Good luck![/quote]

This is my worst nightmare. So you your kids maybe an hour on weekdays and half days on weekends ?
And to quote you "it was all very much worth it "
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You misunderstood - the counseling was worth it.  And I didn't have kids when I was at the firm, I had them after I left for a job with normal 9-5 hours.[/quote]

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