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    Me and my wife are living in NY without any parental help, we have two kids and we're literally on our own. Both have busy jobs and she travels internationally once per month to shoot, usually on a different continent. It's hard work.

    If you have the opportunity to let your kids spend time with ANY family, do it and take time for yourselves. We have to get on a plane or pay someone hourly if we want time on our own that's not at night, so get over the petty arguments i know people get caught in about family semantics, and just enjoy the fact that the famlily and the kid(s) are likely getting something out of it.

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    • i share this pain - its hard work to do this without any supporting family/aidmugwart
    • I salute you and am here for you!mugwart
    • i got the same problem, probably one of the reasons i'm a single dad now.ApeRobot
    • ^ yeah, was a major impact on myself and my ex as well. Hang in there DaveO. Any stress go straight to couple counselling - stop any problems as early as possmugwart
    • Also to note, if you have a toxic family - do stop that from destroying your life as well. fuck modern life is complex!mugwart
    • Only my wife's family is nearby, so my son will be spending time primarily with them, and my family is thousands of miles away. Not ideal but I accept it.monospaced
    • It's fine really – just will end up getting harder when the boys get older. Amazing how we earn what i thought was an decent amount of money...DaveO
    • ...but with school and childcare its hard to find extra for flight back to England. And moving back to the UK is as scary as staying in the USA!!DaveO
    • Thanks for the advice, this is the exactly the reason why I'm not too eager to have kidsmartinadolfsson
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