Finding a balance. Dropping hours ? Or dropping a day? Not like finances allow that! Advice please!
I'm fed up of the grind. My partner leaves for work mega early. I sort the washing, empty the dishwasher, make the beds before breakfast and school run. Then my 8 hours at work. Partner should do the school pick up but I sneak out and do it a few times per week (partly due to wanting to and partly to let partner go the the gym).
Then kids clubs 4 days of the week. It's a lot. I know people have it worse and I'm not complaining. I am looking to make change though.
I could drop some hours or a day. I've spoken to my partner about me paying less towards the house if I earned less. That being said a small part of me is thinking of it just being my pension and salary that's impacted to make family life work and not my partner's. I already took the hit financially when I was on maternity leave twice. I'm also saving for a house as we live in his house and id like to buy as a rental with my first time buyer perks.
I'm not sure what I'm after. I guess advice on whether you feel dropping 2 hours a day or 1 day a week would be better? Any lived experience of this?
If you read this far, thank you x
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Why did you take the financial hit for maternity leave and not both of you? How are you splitting finances currently? If you’re wanting to buy a house and get a mortgage on it with solely your earnings I wouldn’t personally be dropping hours/wage. I’d be looking at where in the week you are finding time to do something that’s just for you. What does the weekend look like for example? Does your partner make the same sacrifices to give you time to go to to gym or wherever it is you’d like to go?
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I'm fed up of the grind. My partner leaves for work mega early. I sort the washing, empty the dishwasher, make the beds before breakfast and school run. Then my 8 hours at work. Partner should do the school pick up but I sneak out and do it a few times per week (partly due to wanting to and partly to let partner go the the gym).
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I could drop some hours or a day. I've spoken to my partner about me paying less towards the house if I earned less. That being said a small part of me is thinking of it just being my pension and salary that's impacted to make family life work and not my partner's. I already took the hit financially when I was on maternity leave twice. I'm also saving for a house as we live in his house and id like to buy as a rental with my first time buyer perks.
I'm not sure what I'm after. I guess advice on whether you feel dropping 2 hours a day or 1 day a week would be better? Any lived experience of this?
If you read this far, thank you x
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