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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Really complained or just made a comment?  Maybe you should take a sick day or pto on occasion to knock out multiple appointments in one day.  [/quote]

I live in an area where you take doctor's appointments when you can get them. Most people have long wait lists if they accept insurance (or even if they don't). So that's not realistic. Also, it's not like I have 2 appointments per week or so. It's once every 2 weeks I guess, I didn't count them. Maybe less.[/quote]

Why do you have appointments every two weeks?

I have two kids. They each have a well visit at the pediatrician once a year, dentist appointments twice a year that they go to without me, one has a psychiatrist every three months. Then the random urgent care appointment for strep, maybe twice a year.[/quote]

What you just named is 14 potential kids' appointments per year.  And that's assuming there are no unique concerns that arise, or more than 2 kids in the family.  For instance, I recently had 2 allergist visits for a child who has developed seasonal allergies -- an intake and a testing appointment.  One of my children needed a sleep study one year because he has signs of sleep apnea -- that was 3 appointments.  For a couple of years, one of my children saw a therapist monthly when he was having some social and learning issues at school.  Not to even mention getting braces -- those appointments are very frequent, like every month or so for up to a couple of years.
 Let's assume OP is your typical middle-aged woman like me, so she'd also have for herself dentist x 2, well visit x 1-2 (because sometimes the primary care doesn't have a lab so there's a separate vist for lab work), obgyn x 1, mammogram x 1-2 (at least... I have call backs every year due to dense breasts and some years need a biopsy), dermatologist x 1-2 (I have to go twice due to a pre-cancerous removal some years ago), let's say 1-2 other visits for sickness or other concerns that arise/ specialists that are needed.  So around 10 more visits for herself.  That's 24 visits per year, or about every 2 weeks.  More if she has more than 2 kids.[/quote]

PP here - I work with a lot of men who have SAH wives, and it drives me crazy how people thing this type of stuff is no big deal for dual income families.  It's a lot.  And there should be more flexibility, or at a minimum no pushback against an employee taking their earned sick leave to tend to these things.[/quote]

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