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[quote=Anonymous]Got married at 24, but didn't have 1st kid until 32.  Got to enjoy travel, frittatas, career building, and my "empty existence" until spouse and I felt ready to be parents.  I do have to say that part of the reason I didn't have children younger is that it looked really hard.  The 30 something mothers I worked with always seemed so tired and grumpy.  And then I became a tired and grumpy woman after I had my kids, because working a demanding career and raising kids is flipping exhausting.

I do feel like 2-career households have increased the quality of life for men more so than women.  Men today maybe do 20% more household work and parenting than their fathers, but women still do the lion's share of household/parenting while bringing in half of the family income.  I would venture to say that men's lives have gotten EASIER with a full-time career spouse because of the increase in household income and reduction in the stress of being the sole breadwinner.  I'm not sure that I can say that full-time working moms have it easier than those who SAH (at least after the baby/pre-school years).[/quote]

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