partner stepped away from work this year, planned. our daughter is well looked after, there's family living with us, nothing is falling apart. and yet when i take a saturday client call now i feel worse about it than when we were both working full time. i think before it was 'we're both busy'. now it's just me who's busy. not really asking for advice, just wondering if this is a known thing
known thing. same setup here for over a year. the guilt didnt go away it just changed shape. now its less about my son and more that my partner sees exactly how much i work
that's it exactly. being seen working. hadn't put words to it
We both work, so not the same, but on my partner's lab weeks I'm sometimes the only one 'off'. What helped me was telling the kids on Friday which hour of Saturday is for work. Then it's a plan, not me disappearing. Pillalu don't mind the plan, they mind the surprise :)
tried telling her on friday night this week. she drew it onto her calendar. still felt odd, but less
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