Quote Originally Posted by li10up
My DH doesn't get it. He is one of those people who thinks your life is defined by what you were able to accomplish.
I'm generalizing, but I think men receive their self esteem from their jobs more than women. We normally have two jobs (paid and home) and not enough time. Face it - when your friends, Jim & Jane, come to dinner, do they look around & say "Gee, Fred sure keeps a dirty house!"

I digress - I'm leaving the rat race in 11 months. 30 years of faculty and students are enough for any soul. I'm a business manager in a social science department (read = no money) with an Oriental woman boss who is proud of the fact that she was so busy working she forgot her 20 year wedding anniversary. I work tons of overtime watch while a male colleague - who works no overtime and actually takes lunch hours is getting support staff help because he is "overwhelmed."

Today has not been a good day - can you tell?