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[quote=Anonymous]If someone is working more and earning more then of course the other person needs to do more at home (whoever said ‘shut that down’ is ridiculous). But op - unless your $100k job has societal importance and potential for significant growth then if there is a choice to be made about who does xyz then it practically has to be deprioritized. 
You say your dh burned out. I am guessing that it took a huge toll on him to be the primary breadwinner for all that time because you didn’t like finance. Maybe he didn’t like it either but someone has to make money. 
He prob feels like he didn’t quit a brutal situation to just have you fill the whole rest of the time he has when he’s not working with more stuff bc now he’s working less. 
That being said he should still be doing a lot at that income level. I make $550-750 and I still do most of the kid stuff and house stuff. But if it’s crunch time and we have to choose someone to go do something with the kids then dh goes bc he makes $200 and so we must prioritize my job for practical reasons. 
Basically split the chores when both off the clock, prioritize his job if there is thing to do during working hours and you both have meetings going on. [/quote]

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