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Originally Posted by Madelaine Amee
Being a Career Woman is very hard on a marriage, but you cannot educate a woman and then tell her to sit home and raise children like a good little girl. I backed my husband all the way when he was climbing the ladder and I expected the same from him when it was my turn. It was a lot more difficult for him to take on the mantle of "Mr. Madelaine Aimee" than it was for me to become "Mrs. Other Half" because I had been at home for years when the children needed me to be there. We managed to make it work, but we had many times when it was touch and go. He traveled from Sunday evening until the following Friday for years; when I was promoted into a position requiring travel he thought the end of the world was coming, but we made it work - kicking and screaming, but we made it work.
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I understand and truly am glad it worked. Marriage is a growing thing and Sweetie has been married to several women...all ME and I have been married to several men, all HIM. We ALL grow and change and hope that both can celebrate the changes. Not an easy thing sometime. I am so proud of the man he is, he was, he dreamed to be.
I too stayed and ran the house in the early years when he was flying all around. I taught school and then had another career in business in my later years. I think my early persona was softer and the older one more savvy. But he still smiles at me.