How do sole caregivers manage?

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Now for today's question: How do sole caregivers manage?

A friend runs her own business from home and is the sole caregiver of her scchool-age children. She is married, but her husband barely interacts with the kids or her. All childcare outside of school hours and every responsibility for the kids falls on her shoulders. When the kids are in school she's scrambling to keep her business afloat in the six hours per day she has. Family and friends don't see any need to help because ostensibly she's in a two-parent family--no one realizes she's doing it alone. Because she doesn't have enough time to put into her business to make it thrive, she can't afford paid help. She never gets a break, and is beccoming chronically more stressed.

I know there must be others of you in the situation of being the only one, whether you're married or single. How do you let in a little space so you can catch your breath and nurture yourself?

Comments

[Jessica]

I think I'd rather actually be single than be married to someone who won't help.

That's probably not the advise you were looking for though.

[Heather in Oregon]

I'm not quite in the same position as the friend as my husband is quite helpful when he's around but he often is gone before the kids are up in the morning and not home until after they are in bed and at least a couple of times a month he works a weekend day. He does this because we need it to get by and we decided that it is important to us that I be home with the kids but it does mean that I get very few breaks. We're homeschooling as well so the few money-earning things that I occasionally do have to be done around the kids. She needs to let people know that she needs the help. Getting more and more stressed out about everything is not worth maintaining the illusion of her marriage with her friends and family. They need to know that she needs help. Unless there is any chance that her husband will step up to the plate and has just been clueless about where things are at (doesn't sound like it) she's going to have to rely on other people to help her and self-care is important enough to ask for that time.

[Davida]

This is hard to read. I am loathe to judge another person's situation. I do have some questions, though:

Is she otherwise happy in her marriage? Is her husband aware of her dilemmas and hardships? If not, can she tell him what's happening? Does he want her to be happy?

If the answers to these are generally "no," then she has to rally her own troops and make a support network for herself. She could look for ways to lighten her load by doing "time shares" with other parents (alternate pickups from school, trade afternoons of daycare, saturday morning trades, etc.). Maybe she can find a couple middle-school age neighbors who will play with and watch her kids cheaply for an afternoon or two (I think you can get a better deal if you get a pair of friends).

Most of all, she needs to find some people who will support her and help her. This may mean she needs to let go of the image she is projecting (happy two-parent shared-workload household) in exchange for authentic interactions with her family and friends. This is of course much easier said than done, but her sanity and livelihood may depend on it.

[Susan]

My husband isn't the greatest helper, but he does have relationships with our child and me, and that's huge. Physical division of labor is so much less important(IMO)than the emotional toll it must take on the OP that her husband doesn't interact with them.

To me, that's the starting point. Can she get her husband engaged emotionally? On the physical division of labor issue, is the husband aware his wife is struggling?

I had to be very clear with my clueless husband that we needed to divide the bedtime routine for our son. It was a small thing, but just to know that every other night, I could count on him to put our son to bed was huge.

Now, we have another on the way, and I fully intend to begin dividing other duties in preparation for #2. I made him verbally agree before we tried to conceive that he would "help" more. And he did. So, my suggestion? Be blunt.

[rebecca]

We are a two parent both work fulltime outside the home two kiddo household. I do the vast majority of caregiving....and what I can bounce back to the hubs (where it falls under -this is your problem- you do it) I do. For example. he does his own laundry. Always has, always will. If I can get mine and the kid's clothes done in the 6 days a week I manage, he can have the stinking washer one day per week for his own responsibilities. Also- schedule the "off time" (i.e. when kids are in school) as rigorously as their school schedule. This will prevent the bleeding over and intense "I never get anything done" feeling. I f that means that on Mon and Tues, those 6 hours while they are in school are all work work work and no laundry, no grocery shopping, no cleaning, so be it. Gotta make boundaries and stick to them or else the pervasive drowning feeling ensues. I wish her luck and am sure her life looks fantastic from the outside but that she is paddling like a mad duck beneath the water to keep up that image. Take a breath, duckie! I know how she feels!

[Rayne of Terror]

I might join a gym with WIFI and free childcare. She could work (if it's that kind of job) at the gym while the kids are cared for and exercise too for stress relief. I would also put some effort in to creating a tribe that can help out so she's not so isolated.

[Becca]

As tough as it is to do, I finally realized I needed to ASK for help. If your friend can't ask her husband to be more involved, she needs to reach out to friends, neighbors, family, church, etc. explain the situation honestly and ask for help. It's amazing what people are willing to do for us if we can only bring ourselves to ask!

[lynn342]

Um, marriage counseling? This doesn't sound sustainable. But besides that, other suggestions are:
1. Ask for help! Relatives might well be willing to take the kids every once in a while.
2. School age means your kids are old enough to help with chores. You might feel that it's easier to do it yourself then get the kids to do it, but it pays off in the long run.
3. Also school age means playdates. Work on cultivating playdate friendships. Trade off houses - I find that even if the kids are having playdates at my house, they're so distracted it feels like a break for me, and when I manage to have the kids at playdates somewhere else at the same time (bonus for the few friends we have with a sibling for each at the same house), it's like hitting the jackpot.
Again, these things take time, but build up self-reliance in the kids, and a support infrastructure for yourself.

[Purdy Bird]

Ha. This is my life, except that my husband and I have a great relationship and he has a wonderful relationship with the kids. Whenever he's home he is fully present with them which I give him a lot of credit for.

I was in the OP's position for 3 years and I dealt with it by finding a support network and mandating time to myself when Husband was around. Usually that meant a few hours one weekend day but it was really, really important. I also made myself talk to one other non family member adult every day so it wasn't just me and the kids always.

I WOH now but still do all the childcare/life stuff and its still hard. Venting to friends, taking someone up on the offer for a playdate or just sometimes not doing the chores and watching tv instead help make it not seem endless and grueling.

[Maria]

I've been the sole caregiver for my daughter since she was born. I get literally zero help from my family, so I'm truly on my own with every aspect and nearly every moment of parenting.

First, I made a rule for when she was about three that I was going to accept EVERY offer of help (assuming it would actually BE helpful, because we all know some kinds of help are the kinds of help we all could do without). Even if I really didn't need someone to go to the post office for me/set the table/take my daughter for an hour/whatever, I said yes. I should reinstate that rule, now that I think about it.

Second, I work all the time to not feel guilty about doing whatever I need to do to take care of myself. It's limited, and as long as I'm in this boat I will not be able to take care of myself the way people think I should — I try not to feel guilty about that either. But if I need my 'non-mom' time so badly that I have to stay up late to get it, I don't feel guilty about not getting enough sleep. I get to choose for myself what I need most. I don't always get it right, but nobody who isn't me gets to tell me what I need.

Third, I have to give up some standards. I buy my kid a Halloween costume instead of lovingly making it up by hand. I make boxed Mac n cheese at least once a week and we eat out anywhere from two to five times a week. AND we eat on the couch at home, and my daughter watches videos while we eat. It's not what I want but it's what we need to keep stress from overboiling (too much) at that difficult time of day.

A word about asking for help. Of course we have to ask for help. And it's hard, and nobody wants to. But I need to tell you all that it is not a solution, because there isn't a lot of help out there. When I made my first rule about accepting help I was shocked by how long I had to wait to enforce it. Even though everyone around me knew that I was alone with a three year old, even tiny offers of help were few and far between.

Waiting around for help to be offered is different from asking, and sole parents need to ask, and ask a lot. But expect to get turned down a lot. Everyone has a busy life and problems of their own, and simply scheduling gets in the way. In addition, there is a fatigue factor. People who were willing to help at first take on a subtle attitude of When are you going to get your shit together? and become less willing to help over time. It sucks to feel like you're using people up, and parenting is a long term proposition, and solo parenting doesn't resolve itself within weeks or months or even a few years like other times of needing extra help.

One of the ways I deal with this is to have a lot of professional help. Therapists for me and my daughter, many teacher conferences, attempting to really get the teacher on board as a support and a coach to both of us. Not only do solo parents need a lot of support, children of solo parents need to have lots of other caring adult relationships to compensate for the lack of a second parent. Babysitters, friends' parents, coaches, etc are all potential supports and sources of help for parent and child. You have to be conscious and explicit about seeking this kind of help, and again, you have to expect that a large percentage of people will not come through (except paid professionals, of course).

I feel almost daily that I can't do this, that I'm screwing it up totally. I am sick about what my daughter is missing and the toll I already see it has taken on her. It's what we have though, and all we can do is make the best of it. It's politically incorrect to say, maybe, but no one with another parent (or maybe a grandparent) in the picture can understand what it's like. Whether divorced, separated by geography, never home because of long working hours, joint custody -- it's not the same as having NO one. No one who cares as much as you do. No possibility that circumstances might change and another parent may become more available. No one else who will be as devastated if something goes wrong. The worst parts are not the big complicated things, or the day to day logistics. The worst part is the enduring knowledge that no one will ever care the same way, will ever weigh in on a decision. No one is invested like I am, and no one who hasn't done it like this will ever understand.

[SarcastiCarrie]

Since her job/company isn't generating the kind of income it needs given the kind of effort she's trying to put into it, why is she working? It might be easier to quit and take care of the kids full-time and pick it back up when the kids are older and more self-sustaining.

Or, she can say she is invensting in her business and buy childcare for a few months (as an investment in her business) to get it up and running at the level she needs it to, then she can continue having paid childcare as her business generates income and it's just another expsense of a two-parent working family.

Continued effort for zero reward would be terribly demoralizing.

[Erin]

This was my situation in January of this year. My husband didn't help with the kids but we were all in the same house. It was a deal breaker for my marriage so it ended in March after 6 years of no help raising our kids.

While I was in the situation, I had two main strategies for coping. Firstly, my neighbor was a stay at home mom so I made a deal where we would trade off kids after school. That freed me up for a couple of afternoons a week to get stuff done. Secondly, I always felt like my husband would cope if forced, so I forced the situation and left him with the kids one night a week. Sometimes I would work and other times I would see friends.

Funny thing is, now that we have split, my ex has really stepped up. When the marriage ended he was faced with not seeing the kids at all unless he stepped up his game. He chose to parent full time three days a week and he now plans activities with the kids when he has them. It has been a complete 180 from before and everyone is benefitting. I have the quiet time I need to work three days a week when they are with their dad and the kids get the benefit of a more engaged father.

Our relationship has improved in just a few months to where we consider each other friends. Most of his apathy in our relationship toward me and the kids was from feeling trapped in a relationship that wasn't working. He withdrew and left me with all of the responsibility as a result.

This may not be the same situation and my way of coping may not work but I hope this woman can find a way to a resolution that works for her family in the future.

[Celeste]

Rather than ask others who are overextended for help, she should let her business go for now and focus on what her busy family needs. Let her disengaged husband figure out a way to come up with the extra income if they really do need it.

I also highly, highly suggest that when she does this, she schedule some time away for herself and simply leave the children with him. He won't like it, but they are his children too and he should engage with them whether he wants to or not. I firmly believe she has allowed enabled his estrangement. She may have been asking him to pitch in, or just hoping that he would, but now she should tell him. I realize this sounds like a harsh thing to do, but her experience in this marriage has become pretty harsh on her and it's time to correct it.

[Celeste]

P.S. The time away could be as simple as an afternoon in which to do something she finds pleasurable that is not possible to enjoy with children along. It's her call on what that should be.

[Kerry]

I definitely find people are more inclined to offer to help if they know you're single. Although, as others have said, the help does tend to taper off as time goes by.

Play group is a lifesaver, even if only for the chance to have some adult interaction. We also instituted a night out every fortnight (the dads and/or other mums go out the alternate fortnight) so in my case the grandparents look after A and I get a couple of hours without an 11 month old hanging off me.

Nights are awful though. Being the only person to get up for all the wakings takes its toll.

I would also say (and I'm not sure if this is just my own particular kid or if it will change as she gets older) that A seems a lot more clingy than the other babies of her age. She's not so happy to be left with anyone other than her grandparents even if she sees them frequently and is quite happy to play if I'm there and she gets particularly upset if she wakes up and I'm not there. Of course some of that could be "where's the one with milk..."

[MrsHaley]

Hey, Maria. Good to see you around, woman. Sounds like you're making things work. IIRC, your were having some sperm donor problems & had to move? I hope that has turned out ok. Your girl is lucky to have you, and macaroni is delicious!

[Bad Egg]

In much the same boat. I feel as if I'm constantly tottering near the brink of implosion. My kids don't have the mother they deserve, and I'm only muddling through and hating it. No real advice here.

[snickollet]

[apologies in advance for this looooooong reply]

First of all, a shout-out to Maria; she articulated many of the things I do and that I hadn't even recognized as coping mechanisms. I will also reiterate what she said about how crappy it feels to parent in a way that isn't what I want (more TV, less true quality time and more functional-as-quality time, etc.). Compromises must be made when one is spread so thin, and while I accept that as a part of my situation, it still doesn't feel good much of the time. And the emotional difficulty she articulates about the weight of being The One and Only Parent is so, so true.

I am the widowed mother of six-year-old twins; their dad died when they were nine months old. I am not only the sole caregiver, but the sole money-earner, the one completely responsible for the upkeep of the house and car, along with anything else.

Now my own response to how to let in some space to breathe/nurture?

• The first thing I did was figure out what I *had* to do so keep my sanity. As a result, I forcibly find a way to exercise. I squeeze in a workout during lunch, or I lose some sleep and get up extra early to go on a run, or a do a workout video after the kids go to bed. Sometimes this means that I skip a trip to the grocery store and we eat frozen pizza for dinner so that I can use what would be the grocery time for workout time, or make some other compromise. But if I did not work out I would yell a lot more. It might not be working out for everyone, but that's what *I* MUST do to be sane.

• My kids have an early bedtime, and I use that time after they go to bed to take a wee bit of time for myself. I try to follow a rule of "chores until 9, time for myself after that," but I'm not always successful. Sometimes the chores creep past 9. It does motivate me to race around and get a whole ton of stuff done--laundry, a spot clean in the bathroom, internet research about a contractor, online booking of dr. appointments, paying bills, etc.--if I know my reward is to collapse with a glass of wine when it's over.

• I am lucky to have family around to help, and I'm not shy about asking them for support. They are also not shy about saying no if what I ask doesn't work for them, so it's a good relationship. Agreed x 10 about how offers of help fade away over time. Correlated to that is a complex algorithm about how often one can ask for what kind of help. I don't know that I could articulate that math, but I know it internally.

• As a single parent, I make financial sacrifices to my childcare resources to having an au pair. (It's actually not significantly more expensive than other care options in my case, but it is more.) Having another adult in the house is super helpful, even when she's off duty; it's emotionally reassuring to know that if there were an emergency, either writ large or with one of the kids or myself, I wouldn't be going it alone. And while the terms of her employment don't allow for her to do general housework and such (nor should they; she's here for the kids), she helps with all kinds of child logistics: lunch packing, kid laundry, etc. Also, her presence makes my need to work out easier to manage. I can go for a run at 5:30 a.m. b/c she is there. She's sleeping, and the kids are watching a video, but if anything happened with them, she could help them.

• I pay someone to clean my house every two weeks. I am lucky to have the resources to do that, and I'm so glad I do because it's really nice to just let that go and know it will get taken care of relatively soon, no matter how bad it gets.

• I have a lot of my groceries delivered. I have a milk delivery service and a fruit/veggie delivery service. It's not much more expensive than getting stuff from the store, and it's a real time/energy saver for me.

• I am extremely social and love to see friends. My friends are super understanding about my limitations on being able to go out at night and are very accommodating about coming to my house for wine/cheese nights or movie nights or cooking nights or workout nights or whatever. That's a kind of help that I'm comfortable asking for.

• I try to focus on the good things about being a single parent: unilateral decision making (although sometimes that's a heavy burden)! No one but yourself to care if you eat the same meal three nights in a row! These are small things, but when friends complain about their spouses, I try to remember that having a co-parent, even a good one, has its tradeoffs, too.

I know many of my solutions involve having financial resources, which is not helpful to some.

Parenting is a challenge. I miss having someone to share them with, but after six years, I feel like I have some peace around it, too.

[Maria]

Hey MrsHaley, nice to see you too! Yes, I moved 1,000 miles away and a year ago I got a beautiful, beautiful court order forbidding x to have any contact with me or my daughter unless he relitigates and has a psych eval. Now that it's been a year I think I am coming out of "freeze" mode and beginning to work on trauma recovery, and thinking about what to do with the rest of my life. Suggestions are welcome ;-)

[Erin]

Hmmm, how do I cope/ nurture myself? I would laugh, but it's not funny. The answer is basically, that I don't. Self-care is last on the list and yes I know I need to consider myself etc etc etc, but we have limited financial resources at the moment and I'm overloaded as it is just handling the day to day. (Data points - I'm not a single parent and my husband helps heaps, but he works away from us around 20-30 weeks a year.) Because I do not have time for exercise, friends, money for nights out and sitters, I medicate myself (in the literal sense, not like with booze or shopping). Calming my anxiety and lowering my irritability levels is key to a more peaceful life.

[Maria]

@Erin, I'm with ya honey. Feel free to email me if you need to vent. Well timed medication can really be a lifesaver.

[Maria]

Oops, email is maria (AT) davidgrover (DOT) com

[K]

Especially for the situation where there's one sole parent because the other parent is disengaged, it might help to seek therapy resources for the the children. I think older kids notice when one parent isn't there for them, and they'll need some help processing that.

Also, there's a variety of reasons why one parent is disengaged that don't have to do with a bad marriage and don't require a solution that ends in divorce. One parent can be disengaged for physical health or mental health reasons, and divorce isn't always the best answer for everyone.

[z]

I wouldn't say to give up the business, necessarily-- instead I would say to take a brutally realistic look at whether her marriage is going to fail, and how she will support herself if it does. Maybe with the business, maybe that's a reason to ditch the business and go back to school or something. But it sounds like this marriage is in trouble, and if her husband is ignoring his children and neglecting his family responsibilities now, she can't really count on child support and alimony.

[vanessa]

this is a great thread and thanks to Maria for the bracing honesty about being a single parent. I'm currently TTC by myself (I mean, with someone else's sperm, obviously) and I really appreciate that kind of honesty. Seriously.
Good luck to the OP. WIsh I had suggeestions. Trade kids with another mom, is all I got!

[Kelly K]

I would like to add more about the difficulties of being married/in a relationship, but with someone who is disengaged.
My husband and I have a 10 month old son. I have a chronic heart condition that leaves me extra tired and drained most of the time.
We are older parents and family lives far away. MOst of our friends have already had their children years ago, so their interest in helping out is short lived. My best friend is currently battling cancer so she has other fish to fry than watching my kid so I can go to the gym!
My husband works long hours and although he in engaged with our son when he is home, he just doesn't get how hard being a parent is on me. I am solely responsible for C. from 7 am to 6 pm, 5 days a week. I do all the housework, cooking, shopping, laundry, etc etc etc. When I told my husband we needed to hire housekeeping help to give me a break, it turned into an argument and every time I bring up hiring help in whatever manner that means, we argue about it. He basically is too cheap to pay for it. This causes me enormous stress and that is extra stress I don't need. It affects my relationship with C because I am so drained all the time that I can honestly and sadly say that I do not enjoy parenting yet.
I am hoping that this discussion will give me ideas on how to manage my own situation better. I'm really feeling like I have allowed this to happen by being way too capable and maybe it's time for a "strike".....

[Karen]

Related to this question, I am a SAHM with a helpful husband and I've reached out to a couple of single moms at my church and offered to help with childcare for free if they need to get away and have some time to themselves, and neither one has taken me up on it. I'm friends with both, so I don't think it's because they don't trust me. Any advice for how to encourage them to take the offered help?

[Maria]

@Karen, be extremely specific: "Could Johnny come over Saturday afternoon to bake cookies/take a hike/help rake leaves/whatever?" Just as in times of death or serious illness, the person who needs help is too stressed and has too much else to deal with to figure out whether a) you really mean it, b) the logistics. Just saying "I'd love to help out with babysitting sometime" doesn't cut it.

I am struggling right now with really needing a break this weekend and wishing that someone would invite my daughter for a sleepover or an afternoon play date, but I'm still super uncomfortable asking anyone. Part of it is because (rightly or wrongly) I don't feel I can reciprocate enough. I'm aware that's maybe not true -- but I feel it anyway.

@vanessa: I hope you're not discouraged by my reportage. I can only imagine that starting out by yourself, aware of what you're getting into, prepared to have the resources available, and without the active hindrance of a difficult or abusive other parent in the picture must be less draining. And even with the difficulties it has been MORE than worth it.

[Kelly K]

Karen I can only speak for my own situation.... my baby is a terrible sleeper. Fights naps, night time sleep all around. It is terribly stressful for us, and I can't imagine making anyone else deal with that, no matter how much I need a break. It is easier for me to just deal with it myself as best I can.
Whenever my friends or others have come to help, it has been while baby is awake so they don't have to deal with the sleep mess. Some of these helpers have no idea how bad it really is. I do not want to have that conversation with some people, because I have seen that they have preconceptions about baby sleep and the imaginary link to parental skill sets......
I am hoping**** that once C is older and his sleep settles down that I can get some real break time, but truthfully that seems like forever from now. It is discouraging, and that disillusionment has led me to shy away from people unwittingly. Continuous stress and daily frustration, have made me very solitary at times.
Maybe your friends are just too overwhelmed to recognize the sincere help you are offering...I certainly have had days like that.
Maybe your friends just need you to say "look I'll be there on Tuesday with lunch, and I'll watch the kids so you can have a shower/nap/whatever"
Maybe there is more to their situation you don't know.
It took me months to fully understand the #1 rule of mommy hood - take whatever help is offered as long as the help doesn't make your life more complicated.

[Cloud]

I have no advice, because I am fortunate and have not just a fully involved coparent but also amazing support and help from my family. But I wanted to tell those of you who are "going it alone" that (1) you're awesome and (2) even with all the help I have, I sometimes feel like I'm failing as a mother, or not doing the best by my kids. I think that our vision of ideal motherhood is often impossible to achieve, regardless of our situation.

In terms of what specific help to offer- when my first child was a baby who didn't really sleep, my favorite thing was when someone would take her for a long walk for her nap (she slept well in strollers as long as they were moving). Then I could nap without having an ear half open for a baby's cry.

So that is what I offer friends with new babies now. We've also offered to have a drop off evening playdate for some friends who don't have the sort of family support we have, and hadn't had a night out since their daughter was born. They have only taken our offer once, and won't do it again until they can reciprocate, which is insane, because we don't have that particular need and since we have two kids it makes more logistical sense for us to just have my sister come babysit. So I guess my advice is to stop worrying about needing to reciprocate. We really, truly, don't mind watching our friends' daughter and would be happy to do it again without any "payback."

[Nicole]

Commenters, especially Maria, you have been so articulate, and I know a mom I could easily help out a bit, even though she seems okay. Hanks for your candour!

[Cat]

On help.

My mom was a single parent who worked in a hospital. She told me this year, in an off-hand way, that one Christmas when she had to work Christmas day we spent the day with a family from our church. And they charged her for babysitting.

I don't even know what to do with that story.

[AJB]

I have been the only parent of my daughter, now 8, since my partner died four years ago. I agree with all of those who emphasis the need for self-care. I often feel dreadful about all the things my daughter is missing, and the extent to which my mood and energy levels affect her quality of life. I try not to beat myself up about what I cannot offer, and to recognise that what she needs most is for me to be relaxed and happy so she can be realxed and happy, too. And often that does mean the two of us eating pizza on the sofa and watching tv on a friday night. She has lots of other loving adults in her life, which is crucial, but I have no family close at hand and work (effectively) full time. I think the best advice I can give is to try to keep an eye on how you are, and not to deplete your resources beyond the point at which you struggle to parent. Buy in the help you can afford (cleaning, au pair, internet groceries), decide what to let go of ( in our house that means messy crafting doesnt happen, nor do handmade costumes or presents and I hardly ever bake) and try to work out what you all enjoy doing together and do it, whether that is watching TV or taking bikes to the park or having toast for breakfast in bed together.....I know it sounds mad to say you should make your life as easy as you can, when the basic demands made of you are so phenomenally hard, but there is always stuff you feel that you should do which you could actually dump without anyone really noticing.

[Beth]

I wonder for those who have offered but the parent is not taking advantage might be hooked in wanting a way to reciprocate. For us, my husband insists on compensating them in SOME way so we often will make dinner and provide that the night of or bake something,etc. Maybe it would be better if there was a need you had you could ask for (even if it wasn't a comparable need. Unconsciously I think that the receiver of help feels vulnerable and might need that way of reciprocating to not feel depowered.

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I'm in a similar situation (due to husband's far away job, not lack of care) and when it became unsustainable I asked for help, and explained why I need it. Her family needs to know she's doing it alone and is near breaking, her husband needs a figurative swift kick in the ass, and she needs help. But they'll think everything's fine, until she tells them it's not.

She could also swap childcare with a friend - every other Saturday afternoon one takes all the kids, and the other mom gets a break. I've thought about that in theory, but I don't have anyone to do it with.

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I also noticed I have far fewer services on the new lync server than what you list in your tutorial. I have "Audio Test, Server File Transfer Agent, Server Front end, Im conferencing, Master replicator Agent, replica replicator agent.

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