She built her own company. He was taking a break from his career.

He couldn’t handle watching his son for more than three days. So she shuttered her business.

What *and I can’t emphasize this enough* the fuck? https://www.thelily.com/i-had-to-choose-being-a-mother-with-no-child-care-or-summer-camps-women-are-being-edged-out-of-the-workforce/">https://www.thelily.com/i-had-to-...

This article is painful. One parent not pulling their weight and another parent enabling them.

“But could she ask her husband to handle 12-hour shifts of child care, with no help, no breaks and no clear end point?”

Umm. Yes.

Dude, being a parent while not having to worry about an income?

I could have done that standing on my fucking head. When my son was 3, I had him 80% of the time *and* worked 80 hours a week - much of that overnight while he slept.

These people need an intervention.

I’ll just say this and then move on so I don’t pull a muscle from shaking my head.

Being a father to my young son was - and will always be - the greatest experience of my life. Nothing will ever top it.

I don’t understand people like this and don’t really want to.