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This dad of two under two is offered a high-paying job, an amazing opportunity to improve the family's finances. The downside is that the job is 1.5 hours away and would require him to work 15 stressful hours, 5 days a week. However, he is well aware that the new salary would nearly double his income…According to him, his wife is what you call a ‘big spender’ and is really encouraging to take the job. Although he knows that he is the one who spends most of the time looking after the children after work, and worries that if they're both working, the kids won't have the support and time they deserve…
After his wife refuses to move closer to his potential new workplace, he makes a ‘condition’ for her…If she agrees to quit her teaching job to become a stay-at-home mom, he will take the job, and they can stay in their current home. But when she refuses to give up her job to be at home with the kids, he really struggles to grapple with the guilt of leaving the kids behind, knowing deep down that he values watching them grow up more than any oversized paycheck.
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AITAH for refusing to take a new job if my wife is not going to be a SAHM
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I can fully understand not wanting a stranger to raise his children, but do you think it's fair for him to ask his wife to leave her job? That job could also represent more than just a dual-income household. It can be a symbol of her independence, passions, and her purpose…So to him, it may seem like an easy choice, but to her, it may be a lot deeper than that. At the end of the day, do you believe that anyone should have to choose between parenthood and their careers?
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Father offered high-paying job with long hours and far commute, but refuses to accept it unless his wife agrees to quit teaching and become a SAHM for their young children, sparking tension when she refuses: 'I don't want them to be raised by a stranger'
They say, Time is Money, but is the cost of lost time ever truly worth the money?
The common debate of the 20s-40s tends to surround the concept of Career vs Kids. But why do they have to be mutually exclusive? Many people believe having kids means having to give up on achieving their dreams. It's almost like the world is giving us two options: "You can either have the expensive car, and all-glass penthouse…or the car seat covered in Cheetos, and the 2-bedroom with every corner a baby-proofed." And if you wish to have both, as progressive as the world likes to believe it has become, they'll likely label you delusional behind your back. We're definitely not saying simultaneously achieving the boss and parent role is impossible…We're saying that most people know that you are always going to have to sacrifice an element of one to get a piece of the other.
And this seems to be where this father's worries lie…
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