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If his wife is on morning meetings anyway - what's the point of waking up early for him? They probably see each other after her work anyway, he was awake at tha
by usaphp 11y ago
If his wife is on morning meetings anyway - what's the point of waking up early for him? They probably see each other after her work anyway, he was awake at that time even when he had a night owl schedule. I don't see how he won any time by shifting his schedule, he still needs to do work, he just does it now while his wife is at work, before he used to work when she was sleeping.
- jacalata 11y agoFrom my own experience - he was probably getting up later, going to work later, and getting home a while after her, which is where the real 'time together' was gained (him leaving work earlier). Also a lot of people like to be winding down and going to bed together, which doesn't work if one of you is going to be up for another four hours.
- kelnos 11y agoI assumed he meant that his wife would get home at say 5pm, while he, with his later schedule, work work until say 7pm (and then perhaps more later when she's asleep). So by shifting his schedule earlier perhaps he stops working at 5pm as well and gets 2 more hours with her.
- oh_sigh 11y agoHis wife wakes up at 5AM, works until 5PM, and then goes to bed at 9:30PM. Previously, he woke up at 10AM, worked until 8PM, and went to bed around 2AM. That gives husband and wife 1.5 hours together per day, maximum. Probably less when you factor in chores, cooking, etc. If husband mvoes his schedule to 5AM also, and works until 5PM, then goes to bed at 9:30, then now he and his wife have a maximum of 4.5 hours together per day. Do you understand now?