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Her husband pays most of the bills. She works four jobs, handles most of the parenting for their two sons, and says she looks at apartments all the time because she’s considering a separation.
At Tonight’s Conversation Live & Uncut in Birmingham, this wife of ten years gives an example: she can get herself and both boys ready to leave the house, and her husband still isn’t ready. He says he’s tired. When the panel asks whether she feels like a single mom even though she’s married, her answer is yes.
Then comes the question: why work one full-time job and three part-time jobs if he pays most of the bills? She explains that he pays his own child support, but now she’s working more to cover what his paycheck no longer stretches to cover at home.
The panel splits over what counts as showing up. One panelist defends a father who comes home and plays video games with his kids. Another asks who knows the teacher’s name, books the doctor’s appointment, and remembers the field trip money. That’s the work this wife wants someone to share.
If one spouse pays most of the bills, how should they divide the work of raising their kids?
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