Married for 13 years, kids of 11 and 8. I consider Thwarted's comment
> The big trick is to respect the people you live with, to have empathy for them, and most importantly to realize that in the long-term you are going to be a lot better off if you adopt a policy of "I'll fix this as soon as I find an issue"
Very insightful. I know I don't do as much housework, to the point that I hired out the lawn work. So when I can, I do. I do the dishes fairly regularly and generally recruit the kids to help. We FaceTime with my parents every Sunday at 7 pm. While Grammy, PePa, and the kids read Harry Potter round-robin, my wife and I are in the background folding laundry.
My wife has total freedom to have a made service come in. I will never argue with that.
Does money buy happiness? I don't know, but it definitely buys time to pursue happiness more efficiently.
> The big trick is to respect the people you live with, to have empathy for them, and most importantly to realize that in the long-term you are going to be a lot better off if you adopt a policy of "I'll fix this as soon as I find an issue"
Very insightful. I know I don't do as much housework, to the point that I hired out the lawn work. So when I can, I do. I do the dishes fairly regularly and generally recruit the kids to help. We FaceTime with my parents every Sunday at 7 pm. While Grammy, PePa, and the kids read Harry Potter round-robin, my wife and I are in the background folding laundry.
My wife has total freedom to have a made service come in. I will never argue with that.
Does money buy happiness? I don't know, but it definitely buys time to pursue happiness more efficiently.