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[quote=Anonymous]Dear 19:23 (trying not to quote the super-long thread),

I'm not working because I prefer it to staying home with the kids.  Even if I were, I still don't think that one individual should carry 90% of the home/child workload.

Maybe your situation is differnt, but to me, it's an enormous strain.  I don't feel like I get to enjoy my evenings with my kids because there's no one there to pitch in and allow me to focus a little one-on-one time with each child.  It's all rush, rush, rush.  And one child is left alone while I take care of the other (they're far apart in age).

And, of course, these kids have no idea what a family dinner looks like.  It's them and Mom every night.  It's Mom prepping one kid for her test while making dinner and trying to keep the little kid from pulling the dog's tail.  It's Mom bathing, dressing, and reading the toddler while the 9 year old plays alone in her room for over an hour.   Then it's me trying to finish my job on the computer at night after DH arrives home just in time for all the work to be finished.

It's unfair to the kids.  It's unfair to me.   But DH will not change, and the only thing that I can imagine that is harder than this would be having to do it alone and pull early morning duty also.  But God am I tempted sometimes.  [/quote]

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