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nfotiu · 10-20-2021, 09:54 AM

I'm basically a single dad of a 13 yo and 15 yo boys. I work from home in a pretty flexible job, and have house cleaners once a week. I do all the other stuff. Some of it I do well, some I suck at! I work from home with a fair amount of flexibility, so I can do most of everything.

I wouldn't consider it a full time job, but a couple kids (and a couple dogs) are a handful. COVID has made it more crazy. Even now that they are back at school, we have a severe bus shortage. So I have to drive them and pick them up at 2 different schools. There seem to be an appointment every week or two at orthodontist, dentist or fixing a broken body part. Evenings used to be packed with driving to soccer and baseball practice on different sides of town every night. (Now they've both switched to golf which makes my improves my quality of life by about 500%) Keeping up with all the family bills for drs, dentists, orthodontists, urgent care, and ers is all a part time job at times! Keeping them somewhat straight in school is a fair amount of work as well.

I wouldn't ever expect credit for it or want to call it a job, it is just managing life. It would be very tough to do if I had a less flexible job where I had to be in an office 9 to 5.

As a Dad with full custody, though, I do have to say I get irrationally angry every time a teacher or school admin assumes that the Mom is the first call for any issue.

10-20-2021, 09:54 AM	#19
nfotiu Franchise Player Join Date: May 2002 Location: Virginia Exp:	I'm basically a single dad of a 13 yo and 15 yo boys. I work from home in a pretty flexible job, and have house cleaners once a week. I do all the other stuff. Some of it I do well, some I suck at! I work from home with a fair amount of flexibility, so I can do most of everything. I wouldn't consider it a full time job, but a couple kids (and a couple dogs) are a handful. COVID has made it more crazy. Even now that they are back at school, we have a severe bus shortage. So I have to drive them and pick them up at 2 different schools. There seem to be an appointment every week or two at orthodontist, dentist or fixing a broken body part. Evenings used to be packed with driving to soccer and baseball practice on different sides of town every night. (Now they've both switched to golf which makes my improves my quality of life by about 500%) Keeping up with all the family bills for drs, dentists, orthodontists, urgent care, and ers is all a part time job at times! Keeping them somewhat straight in school is a fair amount of work as well. I wouldn't ever expect credit for it or want to call it a job, it is just managing life. It would be very tough to do if I had a less flexible job where I had to be in an office 9 to 5. As a Dad with full custody, though, I do have to say I get irrationally angry every time a teacher or school admin assumes that the Mom is the first call for any issue.