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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It seems kind of unfair to put down spouse A for making pre-prepared dinners when they WOH AND are responsible for getting kids to all their activities on weekdays.  [/quote]

Agree. This makes no sense at all. The WAH should do dinners, can just be crock pot or something simple. If I hustle to leave the office at 5, pick up kids from school and then get home. THEN I have to make dinner and then drive the kids to practice? This makes no sense. What is the WAH spouse doing at this time?[/quote]

I guarantee that this is exactly what spouse A wants, for spouse B to pick up either meal prep or taking kids to activities since these are the hardest things for someone working full time in person to do, and spouse B resents it because, while they might not say it out loud, they believe their higher income should exempt them from these particular glamour-free parenting tasks. Even though logistically it makes way more sense for them to do them.

Just wait until spouse A finds out spouse B is using the time that spouse A is spending on driving the kids around and picking up dinner to work out, relax, or pursue a hobby. Because spouse B feels they are entitled to this leisure time, due to their income, whereas spouse A has to "pay the family back" for making less by doing more of the grunt work.[/quote]

I think this is it.  Spouse a is exhausted commuting every day and then driving the kids and then making dinner.  We do leftovers or takeout on practice nights.  How on earth is she also supposed to make dinner?[/quote]

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