When does your dh/dp get home from work?

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On average I mean. My dh averages about 7.30 or 8.00, but on some days it is much later (Fridays are 10.00). This is not because he finishes work, but because he goes on to do something else after work, which is really important to him (don't want to go into details, but I don't dispute his need to do this). However, when I feel hard done by(!), he claims that this is early, and that I'm lucky he helps when he does get home. SO - survey!

7:40 if the trains are cooperating which they usually aren't

6pm, then he puts dd to bed at 6.15pm while I give ds his bottle. The we both do the housework until about 7.30pm. If he has to go out late, he normally gets up early the next morning to catch up on the missed jobs !!!

Dh usually (9 times out of 10) is home and to hand between 4.30 and 5.00 [which is fantastic], he also takes the kids to school 3 days a week - the days that I work [also fab]; but he does work evenings, and has to go out at about 7 pm for 2-4 hrs 4 or 5 nights a week [which is not so great], and works Sundays [pain in the neck!]

He's a Baptist Minister btw - hence the odd hours! The pros definitely outweigh the cons IME, especially the flexibility

You lucky, lucky women! My dh is a chef and we run our own restaurant. We all have breakfast together then he goes off to work. dd and I might pop in to see him for 10 mins during the day. He is then home for an hour tops at about 4.30pm but spends the time having something to eat, sitting on the loo and reprinting menus. He's then home sometime between 11pm and 1am by which time I am in bed. He's home Sunday night and Monday but these cannot be regarded as guarenteed family days. I hope this isn't a thread to out do each other as I do know someone who's dh worked away for 6 weeks and then home for 2, they had 5 kids, now that's tough!!

Earliest 6.30pm - but usually between 7pm and 8pm. He leaves the house at 5am.

Mines a builder and he is always late.. I'll have the dinner on the table at 6, he knows that and he (7 out of 10) would be there to eat.. But theres always small jobs to be done in the evening.. So any time from 6 till 10ish...

My DH rarely leaves, he works from home, some days he is out all day but even those days is usally back by 6pm.

on average 8pm and gets up at 5.30 - i'm very grateful to him!! i don't work but look after ds who is 3

Anyones a HGV driver?

My Dad is a semi-retired HGV driver. When I was young he did a lot of long-distance work, sometimes wouldn't see him for two weeks at a time.

He is usually out thehouse by 6.30am, back at 2-3pm to eat and sleep for 2 hours, then back out at 5 until 8-10. Varies really. Then he works Sturday mornings and Sunday evenings. But then sometimes he has all afternoon off, or nothing until 10am. But never around for bath and bed except weekends and Wednesdays. But he works like a demon so I cna stay home with the bub. And he's sexy as hell and more than worth it.

My DP is a London Cabbie so doesn't get home 'til we're all tucked up in bed at about 1am. He doesn't go out in the morning until 11am though and he only works 4 days a week.

9pm 4 days a week, then 1 day a week he works from home and the other 2 days I work and he's home all day looking after dd. I get home at 6pm when I work.

When the children were little, dh would always be home by 6pm and we would all eat a meal together, then he would bath the kids while I scurried around tidying up a bit before we sat down for a quiet evening in. I realise now how lucky we were to have that time together. In later years dh's job's have involved long hours, weekend working and sometimes not coming home for months when he was seconded abroad. I'm so glad that we had our children when we were young and were still able to enjoy them, before the corporate ladder was climbed too high and work got in the way. Had I waited till my late 30s, as many do nowadays, my children would've grown up hardly seeing their dad.

If dh is working during the day he's home by 6pm. If he's working in the evenings he gets home around 1am. Has to count the money, lock up etc.

My DP is home by 4.30/5pm every night - it's great, he baths ds - I'm useless at bathing him - not as much fun as daddy!!! In the morning he gets ds up feeds him and gets him ready for nursery - I couldn't live without him!!!

anywhere between 4 and 8.....its annoying.....i never know when to do tea for......

My Dh works away 3 nights a week and is home between 6.30 and 8.30 on the othe nights.

6pm on average, leaves the house at 8:30am. His company are very hot on work/life balance at the moment so it's almost frowned on to be found at your desk after 5:30pm unless you have a big deadline to meet. You're expected to explain yourself

Dh has about 15 mins playtime with ds then does bath time and we do bedtime together.

When we move it'll have to change because the commute will be slightly longer. Neither of us are very good at early starts so that's going to be a big shock to the system.

DH works odd old hours so can be anything from 4pm to 4am. He generally doesn't start before 9 in morning though.

In the kitchen 5p.m. latest, often takes dd to nursery. As business is just beside the house he will step in during the day if I need him. I'm a sahm and admit I'm spoilt rotten. (Currently pregnant again si if I'm tired he can be pretty good at coming in early and helping to get dinner ready too.).

Departs at 07.00 in the morning, and returns on average around 21.00 but can be 22.00. Earlier on a Friday (19.30). Is a financial advisor and many clients are only available in the evening.

Some of his wanky clients ring at the weekend at which point I can be overheard saying in stage whispers "OMG is that a client? - don't they know its the weekend ffs?"

As you can tell I have a lot of anger about this!

6.30am (he works nights) - he's in bed before we get up in the morning but he gets up around 4ish so he's always around in the evenings until dd goes to bed, then he goes off to work at 9.30pm. It would be good, but he works a lot of weekends so when I go back to work in January we won't see much of each pther at all .

Not early, ... or sometimes... not late enough