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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. I got a good night sleep last night and DH gave me the morning off. I feel like a new woman.

I don't think I am depressed. Everyday has unpleasantness but the entire day is not bad. I guess it is unfair to say everyday is a shit day.[/quote]

AWESOME!  I was one of the PPs to suggest you  might have PPD?  Anyway, my husband and I regularly trade off weeknights and weekend days.  He takes both kids all the way into bedtime one weekday a week while I galavant, and I do the same for him.  I usually take Wednesdays off, and he usually takes Thursdays.  On the weekends, we might split a day, or take a whole Sat or Sun alone. This is a VERY POSITIVE approach for us!  We married late and we still want our time for solo interests we don't share (me, I usually go on walks or go out with my girlfriends to local pub, sometimes both--he usually walks to a movie or hangs out and plays video games at home in the basement, out of the way of the kids :)). Knowing at least one day/night "off" a week is imminent brightens EVERYTHING.

And I love my kids, BTW.  Sometimes on my day "off" I hang around a little bit too long... just without any childcare responsibilities. Heh.

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Sounds like a story I read awhile ago...woman wrote that she and her DH were jealous of divorced parents who shared custody. They wanted to have a weekend off too! So they decided to "share custody" while being married. So one weekend is the Mom's the next is the Dad's. The "non-custodial" parent can do whatever they want. While the "custodial" parent takes the whole weekend from wake-up to bedtime--all the sport games, birthday parties, etc. The hardest part for her was letting go of control on her weekends off. She had to learn that the kids wouldn't die if they didn't take a bath or just had pizza (no veggies) for dinner. When the kids would approach the 'non-custodial' parent for something, they would redirect them to the 'custodial' parent. Worked out great for them. [/quote]

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