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Originally Posted by CroFlames
I hate to sound like a whiner, but sometimes I think the opposite is true. I have a good job that allows us to have one parent at home. With a well paying job comes high stress.
It feels like sometimes the societal expectation is the parent who worked all day should now come home and take over the homemaker job, so the homemaker from 8-4 can rest. Don't forget weekends.
When does the working parent rest?
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That's why every family dynamic is different. However, what you've just said is that taking care of the house is work so you don't ever get a break, (you go from a paying job to work at home,) but your spouse gets a break when you get home. However, if you don't take over at least some of the responsibility on evenings and weekends, when does your spouse get a break? You get lunch breaks and evenings and weekends off from your job but a homemaker just has to work 24/7?
What does the division of labour look like after you get home? Are you being asked to cook and clean because your spouse isn't capable of getting it all done while you're at work, or are you being asked to spend time with your children?