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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Am a  BigLaw partner and recently had practice group chair complain to me that another partner in group was not engaged because his spouse was overly demanding on emotional issues related to a death in her family (like OP's post, the death had occurred at least six months prior).   In my experience, the business world is understanding during a crisis event like a terminal illness, sudden death, etc. but has little patience thereafter, especially if the employee is NOT the directly affected person.[/quote]

Yeah, that's BigLaw for you and you all are insufferable. [/quote]

It's not just BigLaw, though, and this person is not wrong.

I was in this situation last year when my father died "suddenly." My husband's company was initially very supportive of our family's need, which at that point was taking care of the kids and managing the house. However, after the first week, they were no longer as supportive of him not being able to work and started asking when he expected to have "reliable childcare" again. The difference was he was fairly angry about it and did his best to emotionally support me and work at the same time.

What he definitely not do was stew about it for 10 months, spend a few weeks in marriage counseling, and then divorce me. Because he's not an *sshole.[/quote]

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