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[quote=Anonymous]AGREE. We have two "big" jobs and this is totally do-able. Husband is a partner at a law firm and I am an exec at a non-profit.

We are busy but make it work and have plenty of time for family. Weekly cleaners are a must as is a solid childcare arrangement. For us that is before/aftercare for our elementary schooler and (gasp!) daycare for our one year old. On sick days, snow days, random days off school, we look at our meeting schedule and tag team, work during nap, work after bed. If your husband is able to handle all of those days, great!

We also do meal kit delivery for two nights a week, have a rotating list of quick dinners, as well as takeout and going out to dinner.

Lawn company. Occasional Instacart for grocery delivery. Amazon Prime everything lol. Use a dry cleaner right next to daycare so easy to drop loads there when needed. We have a joint Google Keep list for mental load tasks like sports signups for our son, buying gifts for bday parties, calling the HVAC guy, a place with a running grocery list. In theory we could both put things on there but in reality it is basically just me, but we can both do tasks off of it.

Sure, it is busy, but definitely not that bad. Are the other posters all in the DC area? I am sure it varies place to place and maybe generationally, but all of my and DH's coworkers with similar "big" jobs are also juggling the little kid rodeo or recently were and get it. I can't think of any of my exec team colleagues that have a stay at home spouse.

You can do this! Congrats on the new job.
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