How many hours a week does your husband work?

[AlpineButterfly]

Feeling a bit blue this evening. Managed a day with DH and ds1&2. The next day isn't for ages.

How many hours does your DH work/be unavailable for and how do you cope if you have small ones?

After DC2 I left the house at 6am and back 7.30pm every night, DH was home. But I was earning the money and commuting to my job, not much choice. Now I’ve balanced it more so out the house 7.30am to 6.30 usually plus some evening client events, but only work four days. Dh work more flexible so he does far more childcare. It’s constant juggling at this age.

My dh works away all week and found it hard to start off with. I have 5 children from 5months old to 13 years old. When baby was born it was really hard with lack of sleep etc and no help what's so ever (don't live near any family or friends). I still get lonely at times and some days are easier than others. I find getting myself into a routine and out the house for walks help and my own episodes on Netflix when the kids have gone to bed. It's tiring for both of us. He comes home weekends, I want help more with the kids and sleep and he wants to relax after a 60-70 hour week but we work it out. Once a month his mum comes (7 hour drive for her) to have the kids while we go on a date night and have our time. That's made a massive difference for us even tho we are back and in bed for 10pm lol. Maybe you should try that? X

Officially its 40 but he will work more as I do too we don't have young kids anymore just young adults and they also work over 40 hours a week.

When kids were smaller we both did the school runs and their activities which the ILs on both sides thought weird the sexist gits that they are. I was told it was my job eh no it was both and stuck by it as we are a blended family. No kids between us. I was also berated for working and not there for his kids, but thats another thread