Wondering for those of you who made, or are making the transition from a full-time dad to part-time, now that all the kids are in school how you spent, or are spending you new (or old) found freedom while the kids are in school for part of the day.
Questions and Answers
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Recent questions:
Injury Prevention
Injury Prevention. Wondering if the dads have done anything on this subject. Being a stay at home dad on a day to day basis takes a toll sometimes on the body. Wondering if the dads have done anything to try and prevent injuries. Not necessarily interested in their own injuries, just on the prevention side of the issue.
Saving Money
Wondering what families do to control costs. Do not want to know your financial situations. dollars and cents. What do you do to control income versus expenses. Don't have to be too specific.
Also, spending habits which relate back to expenses: Examples: 1) Over the Air television in lieu of cable, satellite. 2) Value meals in lieu of kid's meals 3) phone cards in lieu of cell, 4) Using coupons, etc.
Wife has no libido, what can I do?
Here's my situation. She's older (39 years old) I'm younger (31). We dated for 6 years, been married for 3 years. We have a two-year old. Ever since my son was born, my wife has completely lost her libido. We have sex once a month if I'm lucky. It's gone three months (almost 4!) between sex before. I fully understand that this is part of the deal sometimes, and it's common for women to lose their sex drive, especially after kids.
How do I include parental leave on my resume?
I took parental leave for our baby because it was the right thing to do in our situation. I was under-employed, and my wife is a student. Hopefully her education will lead to better employemnt for her as well. The parental leave time is set to expire at the same time as her schooling is finshed, in 3 weeks. I have recently found put that the company I worked for has lost their contract, and in effect no longer exists. So I am now unemployed. I have 2 questions, do I have any rights by either company here?