It's funny... I got a little of the same. When the D's were/are sick, I have the luxury of working from home. MOST of the time. I'm in sales.. I'm a techie.. Presales Engineer. If there is a customer appt, it's hard to reschedule, so I usually have to go. I had thought that the balance was good.. I was able to take the D's almost always and still get some work done. The one issue I had with this is that W always insisted if one is home then both are home. Also, if she was sick, she expected the D's to stay home. Not a good mix. She would always get mad if I had something I had to do and couldn't be home. "Your job is more important than mine."
Well.. she worked to keep herself busy. We didn't necessarily need her income. You know the drill.. I tried not to let that out, but after so many times.. after being there so many times, it just got old.
It was a respect thing.. she had no respect for me or my job.. or for what it provided.
I never once said her job was meaningless. She found a passion and I was proud of her for pursuing it and told her so. It was never enough. That pretty much summed up our marriage. No matter what I did, it was never enough.
UGH.. I'll get to that stage I'm sure. "I handled it.. it's no big deal"
To be honest though.. short of her falling with them when they were infants (individually of course) this was the first serious thing that's happened. Also.. I worried about this happening "on my watch"
