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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't work. Kids have everything they need, and I don't think about money. Plus, I think marriage is easier when money is not an issue. But you have to be ok with someone who works a lot, and you have to take care of every detail in your life - kind of like being a single parent - because the other person works more than anyone else you'll ever meet.[/quote]

It is nothing like being a single parent.[/quote]

It's "like being a single parent without any financial concerns"

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It's still not like being a single parent. You have a partner with whom you can plan for the future, presumably, he is at least occasionally around for games/shows/parent-teacher night at school, there is another adult living in your house so you can do little things like take your dog for a walk or run to the store while the kids are sleeping. Come on! [/quote]

I actually had a friend who had to quit coming to Orange Theory with me because the class was at 7pm and her BigLaw DH couldn't be home early enough one night a week for her to go to the class. He might be home by then sometimes, but he couldn't guarantee it. She suggested getting a sitter but he rolled his eyes at her and said it was ridiculous to hire a sitter once a week so that she could go spend money on a workout class, when she could just work out at home after she'd fed the kids and put them to bed.

That's not every BigLaw spouse, but it's a not insignificant percent of them. It's not the same as being a single parent. In some ways, it's worse.[/quote]

This has to be sarcasm.  If the worst thing you can think of for an example is having to drop and Orange Theory class, then no, it's not worse.

It does sound like your friend was married to a jerk, but there are jerks in every profession.  That has nothing to do with him being a Big Law partner.  [/quote]

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