Re: What do I do? Need advice.

I'm glad to hear your DH is coming around.

Re: What do I do? Need advice.

Glad that you and dh are working this out. I was just going to suggest if it was possible for dh's parents from Israel come visit around that time maybe a week before the trip and then they could stay with Alex.

Re: What do I do? Need advice.

Posted by Bxgell2

Well, we had a huge fight last night about this issue, and were barely speaking today. So, I wrote him an email today explaining that he's putting me in a very difficult position, that yes, the company policy s*ucks, but there's nothing I can do about it, and that it's just a bad situation and he shouldn't blame me for it. So we talked tonight and he's still angry but he's slowly getting over it. Then, of course, he drops the *bomb* that maybe he'll take Alex to Israel with him to visit his family while I'm in Jamaica. Um, yeah, whatever, you're not taking my daughter to Israel while WW3 is taking place within 30 miles. I don't think so!

But, being the merry wife I am, I said, "oh, really"... I'll fight one battle at a time

I've been so depressed the last two days over this, and a big part of it is that I"m realizing truly how difficult it is to be a successful working mother. My mom did it so well that I thought it was painless and easy, but then again, she was a professor - out at 3pm everyday, summers off and all the breaks. It's just not fair that for any other profession, as in the legal field, it has to be such an immense struggle and conflict of interest to be a woman, a good, SUCCESSFUL employee and a maintain a happy family. It's just so depressing...

Re: What do I do? Need advice.

Do you trust DH's family in Israel?? Is there any way that you could pay to fly one of them out for the week to watch Alex. Then you and DH can get away and there will be someone you trust at home with the baby? What a tough situation!! It may be a tad expensive, but buying one plane ticket would probably cost the same as hiring a nanny and setting up accomodation for them in Jamaica if you brought Alex.

Re: What do I do? Need advice.

Posted by Bxgell2

Well, we had a huge fight last night about this issue, and were barely speaking today. So, I wrote him an email today explaining that he's putting me in a very difficult position, that yes, the company policy s*ucks, but there's nothing I can do about it, and that it's just a bad situation and he shouldn't blame me for it. So we talked tonight and he's still angry but he's slowly getting over it. Then, of course, he drops the *bomb* that maybe he'll take Alex to Israel with him to visit his family while I'm in Jamaica. Um, yeah, whatever, you're not taking my daughter to Israel while WW3 is taking place within 30 miles. I don't think so!

But, being the merry wife I am, I said, "oh, really"... I'll fight one battle at a time

I've been so depressed the last two days over this, and a big part of it is that I"m realizing truly how difficult it is to be a successful working mother. My mom did it so well that I thought it was painless and easy, but then again, she was a professor - out at 3pm everyday, summers off and all the breaks. It's just not fair that for any other profession, as in the legal field, it has to be such an immense struggle and conflict of interest to be a woman, a good, SUCCESSFUL employee and a maintain a happy family. It's just so depressing...