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Being Married To A Lawyer Isn't All It's Cracked Up To Be

This lawyer's spouse said, 'I wouldn’t wish this half-life on anyone.'

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Does it ever get better? [My husband is] a lovely man and he earns a good salary but I’m twenty or so years in and the work never stops. I mean never. Not on holiday. Not during births. Not during house moves. …

I am getting a bit tired of being at the bottom of the priority list which appears to be: work, children (quite rightly), dog, household necessities, life admin, wife. Except by the time he gets time to focus on me he is so tired his eyes literally glaze over when we speak. I try not to take it personally.

— a lawyer’s spouse writing a rather candid post about what seems to be a one-sided marriage on Mumsnet, a UK parenting forum. While some responded with thoughtful advice, others familiar with this woman’s plight referred to it as “the nature of the beast,” and others still called her husband a “workaholic.”

Staci ZaretskyStaci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.

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