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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, first of all. How much work is it to keep up a childless household? I remember those halcyon days and there was nothing that required having a spouse be home full time for, not like there is with kids.

And what did you mean YOU didn't have time to cook? I'm sorry, but can your husband not cook? And how does this matter? Most childless couple is know either split the duties, cook for themselves, or eat out. That's the nature if being childless. It's awesome!

You're making excuses for a lot of shit.

I mean, seriously. If you found it difficult to manage "quality of life" without children, you are in for the biggest freaking shock of your life.[/quote]

OP here.  Actually, it is a lot of work to keep up a childless household when you live in a SFH, have several pets, also have yardwork to manage, general repairs/maintenance, and have a spouse who works crazy hours and travels a lot for work.  Maintaining the home is a part-time job for sure, at least 10 hours per week if not more.  I work full-time and don't have time to cook.  I am just too tired after working a full day.  The last thing I want to do is put together something for dinner.  And DH cannot cook because he works 12-14 hours per day, usually isn't home until well after dinner, and doesn't have the energy either.  So we get takeout a lot or do frozen dinners, which isn't ideal.  Cleaning, yardwork, and errands get pushed to the weekends, and so our weekends are rushed and hectic, which I highly dislike.  If I stayed at home, chores, cleaning and errands could be done in a more leisurely fashion, and we could spend more quality time together, instead of cleaning the bathrooms together or doing laundry.

I do find it difficult to manage quality of life without children, but my spouse does not have a normal 9 to 5 job either.  it was much easier when DH and I lived in an apartment and there wasn't as much household work to do.[/quote]

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