Anyone working full time while OH stays at home with baby?
DS will be 8 months old when I return in April. I earn twice as much as OH and after paying for childcare and the dog walker his salary essentially cancels out so he is going to stay at home.
I am struggling so much with this as I would give anything to be a SAHM. I hate my job for a start. Just spent 6 months of hell sorting out DS's reflux issues and now he's becoming this lovely little happy baby and I'm going to miss it all while DH gets to enjoy it.
I've worked so hard at school and at uni and through my career and for what? He has cruised through life reaching 30 without really working that hard (it's true - he has the potential for so much more but wasted it) and now he's the one that gets to stay at home? I just don't think it's fair.
My other suggestion is that I work part time and he works full time. We'd bring home the same money, I'd get to spend more time with DS but of course he'd get less time.
Someone has to lose and so far it's me just because I make more, but that's because I work bloody harder!
Anyone else a resentful working mum? Anyone thought they would be but it actually isn't as bad as they thought??
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8DaysAWeek · 05/02/2017 14:03
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