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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP. So what I've noticed is a lot of women saying their husbands work SUCH demanding "high powered" jobs (hate that phrase btw, it sounds really stupid) that they cannot be expected to ever take a kid sick day, snow day, or lift a finger at home.

I find this hard to believe because even though my husband is in a well paid profession (finance - he makes around 850k now), as he's gotten more senior, his hours have *really* scaled back. A lot of it has to do with better technology but also being able to delegate certain bitch work tasks. He's home by 6 every night, minimal travel, and flexible hours. Today he's leaving at 9 to take one of our kids to the doctor because I have an appointment elsewhere.

I'm 38, he's 39 so we're around the age as most people on here who have kids.[/quote]

It really depends on the job. Finance is a more normal job. It’s not like being a doctor at a hospital. My husband travels a lot. He’s very senior but people want him not people underneath him in person in different juridictions nationwide. Technology works only for certain sectors. Yes there are times he’s done depositions by phone but not all things can be done that way. Obviously emergencies he has flexibility with seniority but not everyday kid drop offs. We can scale back but we have to budget ourselves so we don’t. He can delegate but he still has to travel so no he can’t just be home at 6pm.

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