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Originally posted by slackologist
My partner quit work around 7 weeks into her pregnancy, this was her choice.
After the birth, i worked 3 days / week and spent the other 2 at home helping with all the chores, washing/cleaning etc , nappy changing feeding, preparing food ( cutting up a small forest of vegetables and boiling them, then freezing them into ice cubes,s ame with fruit, meat etc etc..
9 months later, i've started full-time ( I'd much rather stay at home with our child - but 1) we need the money my job provides and 2) i can't breast feed and 3) my partner wants to stay at home with our child.
She's looking at going into teaching over hte next 2-3 years and i'm supporting her in that. It's a game of balance and compromise. I'd like more time with my child and if she goes back to work i'll be only too happy to give up my day job.
I've devoted my life to my family.
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Most men i know share the duties as much as possible, i know a few men that stay at home with the kids while the mother works full-time, it's not uncommon here, but perhaps a cultural problem exists wherever you are, phogirl69.