Does anybody think that I WANT to put in extra hours at work in order to get promoted and make more money so we can have a BETTER life and W can stay home with the kids, because that is a better life for them? I don't WANT to work that much, but I make a choice to, just as I choose to make changes to better the relationship.
Am I just out of my mind? I THOUGHT I was doing the right thing.
Well, in my case, my Dan (yep he has the same name) started at the bottom and worked his way to the top. I got to stay at home. By the end or our M he was working a job he says he despised, in order to provide for us. Thing is, I told him more than once that I would rather have a smaller house and cheaper car and clothes, to have him around more (in a different, less demanding job). When he was finally honest with himself it was clear he wanted to have the nice truck and toys...it was as much about his ego as it was providing for us. So sometimes, one spouse thinks that working harder/longer is better, when if they listened to their spouse, they would find out it wasn't really necessary...
