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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I think your best bet is to hire a HS/college kid to do dishes and maybe some basic meal prep/cooking after school.  You can do it when you're home or not (the former would probably be cheaper).  I'm generally a big proponent of house cleaning services, but in your case I think the daily help would be better utilized...and since you used to have a cleaner you should have some money in your budget.  It won't solve all of your challenges, but I think it would make it easier.

It doesn't read to me like either of you is particularly interested in cutting back on your careers, so I don't think that's a good idea in the long run...more likely to breed frustration/resentment than not.  I think a little bit of help will go a long way for you, though, so try that out.

Also, prep meals on weekends and lower your standards for what a meal is.  We eat pretty well from a nutrition perspective, but our meals are much, much simpler than before.  And we pretty much eat the same rotation of meals every week.  I actually WAH now rather than WOH (which I did until last fall), but I don't really do much w.r.t. household stuff during the day. [/quote]

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