anyone work away from home AND have a dp that also works away?

[hatwoman]

for various reasons I'm contemplating a job that would take me away from home 2 days/one night a week. Problem is dh's job is the same. It's all still a HUGE IF but, we could be looking at a week that would have dh leaving early on a monday, returning late on Tuesday. me leaving early on Wed, returning late on Thursday. when we're at home we'd be working from home and/or looking after the (school-age) kids. we could possibly arrange things so neither of us worked on Fridays. or at least had time for lunch and/or a dog walk together. Does anyone else do anything similar and has it worked ok? I'm worried dh will hate it. he did once say he'd miss me if I worked away too much...

bonsoir and xenia - you do both make me smile! bonsoir - even though, at the moment, we both work from home we actually err towards the opposite of the glued together couple. we (or rather, I) rarely make the time to do stuff together. we both have different interests that keep us apart at the weekends. and my work keeps us apart during the week. the other week I took half an hour off to walk the dog with dh and it was so unusual he thanked me for it...let's face it, I'm just feeling guilty about never spending time with dh (even without this potential job).

xenia - I often wonder whether being gay would have been a better option...then at least I'd know the dynamics of our relationship were "real" rather than to be blamed on our respective genders. re the men - in dh's case it was none of those things. it was simply that he knew he could make a lot of money for not much effort. he's lucky. but also sufficiently un-materialistic to make the right decisionn when faced with the choice between less hours or more money.

stealthsquiggle - thanks for a reasurringly sensible answer! your last sentence reflects my gut instinct.