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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Going from 50% time to 100% time is a lot if the parent wasn't really holding 50% of the responsibility despite having 50% time.  Also if anything really bad happens to the mom you will likely be bearing 100% of the financial responsibility and the kids will be in great distress about their mom.

An unlikely scenario but I have seen it happen.  When you date a man with children you are accepting this unlikely but serious possibility.[/quote]

I’m seconding that 50% time doesn’t equal 50% responsibility. Especially if much of that 50% is weekends, holidays, and summers. The state of MD didn’t care that my ex had fewer than 90 school days, just how many overnights. HW, permission slips, packed lunches, uniforms, projects, and other school related responsibilities mostly fell to me and my DH (DD’s stepdad). By third grade, it was easy to see a pattern of tardies s and missed hw when XH had her. In 7th grade, she’s more self-reliant, but still tardies coming from dad’s.[/quote]

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