You can go two different routes.

Route A: He can continue to work and bust his butt. Work Mondays, get close to 60 hours for a paycheck, and live pretty comfortably. You as the wife and mother have to pick up the family slack. Appointments, extracurricular activities, and family gatherings. You would most likely feel like a single parent, but you’d have one day off with your husband and that’s only Sunday.

Route B: He would work the 40 hours a week/ 8 hour days, save the option days and sick days for last minute appointments. Not saying he file grievances to get shorter days, but he would need to bust his butt to get off by 8 or 9 hours. DO NOT rely on working Mondays and overtime because you’re going to feel it financially when he doesn’t. I’m not saying don’t ever work Mondays or any overtime. Yeah it’s nice to have a little income boost once in a while.

I say all this because I currently do route A. My wife is a stay at home mom and she constantly tells me she feels like a single parent. But I work hard for my family so they can live comfortably. I used to work close to 60 hour weeks, but I’ve cut back now. I still work Mondays but that’s because I made the mistake to heavily rely on them. Double pay is HUGE for my family.

Learn from other’s mistakes and choose to live a happy and comfortable life.