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SAHPops
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Positive question of the week:  My wife has a job where she travels.  If your wife travels, what is the best thing about not having her around?  (yes, there is a negative version of this question)

 

For me, it's the freedom of one less schedule to maintain.  In this, I am referring to the nights when she works late (two suppers, I try to keep our daughter on her schedule) or when she has an agenda for the weekend.  I've also found that our daughter's mood is a little more relaxed.  Although my wife and I try to stay on the same page, some of the overlooked 'finer points' of safety, communication skills and day-to-day achievements sometimes stress out our wee tiger when one of us acts differently.


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Submitted by SAHPops on Thu, 10/15/2009 - 12:38pm.

Mike Stilwell
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The Positives are;

It is nice to be able to have things for dinner that my wife doesn't like, but the rest of the family loves.  Meatloaf for example, my wife doesn't care for it, I like it and my 13 yo. loves it.  If you ask her what she wants for dinner, it's almost always meatloaf!  We also like to have hot dog and sausage nights where I make up several different kinds dogs and sausages along with a variety of add-ons; chili, sautéed onions, sauerkraut with onions cooked in beer, plain sauerkraut, relish, the whole 9 yards, my wife likes to have that once a year as opposed to once a month for the rest of us.  The other thing that comes to mind is just being a little freer to do what I want and not have to check with her.

For me since my wife does work from home when she is not traveling, we get to spend time together, have lunches, see a movie, it's really nice.  A heck of a lot nicer than when she was in an office for 14 hours a day.

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Fri, 10/16/2009 - 4:07pm

Albyonfloats
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Knowing everyone's schedule is nice

We have 3 kids and one or all of them are always going somewhere to do something. We tend to split certain duties along gender lines at times so I don't always know my daughter's schedule unless I'm the only parent at home for a day or two. So I get to attend, watch, and enjoy my daughter's gymnastics or horseback riding lessons that I don't usually attend. Plus, being the only one home means we ALL get to attend each other's practices, lessons, etc as a family. Something we are usually too busy separately to do together. So I like that being a solo guy means MORE family time, even if it is primarily just for safety's sake.

 

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. -- Albert Einstein


Thu, 10/22/2009 - 11:15pm

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