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[quote=Anonymous]^^ Just read more of this thread and saw not “everyone” told you to quit, so that’s good.

But seriously, this needs to be DH’s problem to work out (with you as his support / sounding board), not yours.

My agreement with my DH is that as long as he’s at his job, and making as much money as he is, I’m in charge of the house and kids (and if I no longer want that responsibility DH is happy to support me but says he’d have to leave his law firm to make it work). Given this agreement I can work or not work. If I work (which I did, and will when kids are older), I manage the hired help. There’s not really a limit as to how much I spend on this, though since I’m also 100% responsible for our budget, I know what is realistic.

Given that DH does and shows up for as much as he can, which frankly is a lot. Never misses a big event, packs the kids lunches everyday, we sit down as a family for breakfast everyday and dinner 5-6 nights a week. He coaches soccer and shares night wakings with our youngest. But he can do this because he literally does not ever have to think about the laundry, or grocery shopping, or doctors appointments, or signing up for gymnastics, or field trip forms, etc.

Your DH can do the same, even as an attorney with a 9-5, just like a woman in his position, with the additional money from YOUR job, would.[/quote]

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