For 50% -- heck yeah!

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Carrie
SAHM Momma to 2 sweet boys and a baby princess

I would say we could definatley handle dh being gone for 1 weekend a month. Afterall that would give me time to do what I wanted....ie going to lunch with friends etc. Plus I think I would love him more when he got home because I would miss him sooo much, but it would be hard to fall asleep without him. I've only had to do it a few times and it sucks!!

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Mommy to Hope (10.10.06)
Monkey mommy to Allyson (10.13.02)

Yes. My DH already works 6 - 7 days a week as it is.

We could do it EASY. My dh is already gone those days every week. So we would be getting a heck of a deal that way. I would do it in a heartbeat.

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Nothing is as important as passion. No matter what you want to do with your life, be passionate.
Jon Bon Jovi

You must be reading my mind!!!!!! I was going to post something like this in the relationship section, but since you have it right here, here goes.

My dh works 8 - 5 Monday - Friday. He also works Thurs., Fri, & Saturday 8pm - 3am. He also practices w/ his band Tues. 7:30 - 10pm. ie: He's gone a lot!!!!!!!!!! We need the money from his band on the weekends, couldn't survive w/o it. He wishes he was home with us, we wish he was too. I'm feeling unhappy, yet guilty about that because he's working his butt off so I can be home with the boys. Time is what we all want here.

I'll post separately why I am feeling like my life revolves around his schedual and I have lost me totally. Family time is the most important thing in the world. If anyone has the opportunity to have more time vs. more money and doesn't take it, I think they are missing the boat.

DH already works a ton, so sometimes it is like he is gone for days anyway even though he's been home to sleep! And I wass a flight attendant for 13 years so we are used to the travel and adjustments necessary in our lives due to it. Yes we would do it.

Assuming that dh stayed in the same type of working environment, ONLY if the time was comped back to him. This is an issue for me. Dh's job requires lots of crazy hours at times and I feel like he is being taken advantage of (me too) when he is not compensated those hours...

I would say we would do it. For 50% increase, the one without this position would probably become a SAHParent. DH as it is now, is on call 24/7 and there are weekends he has to run and cover a shift or spend lots of time on teh phone trying to cover it so it would be nice to have a schedule that there was more control over.

It would be easier to do that, than what we do now. Like a lot of others, DH is rarely home as he is working 6-7 days a week and differing shifts. I too feel that I never have any me time as I am always with the girls. Things will be worse once DS is born in a few weeks as I have little family support. The only upside is that I am now an official SAHM and things are a little easier as far my schedule.

Yep, We could swing that!

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