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> These days, on Fridays, he gets his two young sons off to school and spends the day hanging out with his wife, Gill. “It’s like dating again. We go to coffee
by vjeux 12y ago
> These days, on Fridays, he gets his two young sons off to school and spends the day hanging out with his wife, Gill. “It’s like dating again. We go to coffee shops. We read books together. I really feel like I’m involved in my kids’ lives and my wife’s life,”
This assumes that your wife is not working. I've tried taking some days off like this and, in the middle of the week everyone works, so you don't get to hang out much
- commondream 12y agoYeah, my wife's back in school, so we go to lunch but beyond that we don't get to spend our whole Fridays together. When we were getting started Ryan would go on adventures with his family on Fridays, but my kids were already in school. YMMV on the family aspects of having Fridays off. But I'm no martyr. If you think Friday with your family is awesome, you should try having Fridays with almost no responsibility sometime. It's pretty great.
- socialist_coder 12y agoFor me, the biggest thing about having Fridays off is you actually get a day for yourself. My weekend is 100% spent with my wife and kids, so having a Friday where I actually get to unwind and do my own thing (hacking on Arduino, playing games, programming for fun, whatever) is crucial to my well being. Before I had kids, this wouldn't have mattered since you already have 2 days a week you can do whatever you want. Having 3 free days a week vs 2 is not really that different. But after kids, and working 5 days a week, I had 0 free days a week for myself. Going from 0 to 1 free days a week is a HUGE difference.