I'm with you RML. For clarification, I'm female and I dont have kids, but I definitely see what youre saying. My dad works in a very high-stress job and needs alone time. He would take us out on weekends to do fun stuff but after work he just needed to relax. I was fine with it growing up. My mother was a stay at home working mom running a daycare center for the first half of my life. I dont remember her complaining that my dad wouldnt watch my brother and I but then again we were too young to notice. It was more of a shared thing. I dont think one parent should completely take over responsibility "after work hours." I agree both SAHM's need some rest and so do dads after work, but that doesnt mean one person needs to be holed up completely alone! My dad and mom were pros at watching tv or reading the paper while commenting on our artwork or some other activity. That kept us happy.

Personally I like the idea of kids but not the actual raising them part. Call me a child-hater, but I think it looks very difficult and not very fun having kids. I dont find a huge sense of accomplishment in knowing that I taught them something. Yeah I realize that sounds horrible. Huge props to all the parents out there but for me it looks too overwhelming. The ironic part is all my life people have told me I am so great with kids and that I should be a teacher or something. But really, having kids doesnt sound too appealing.