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There is no way you could pay me to give up a year and a half of my family. You're very special if there is "no way" someone could pay you to trade "family time" for "work"! By agreeing to participate in the work process, most people these days "give up" not 25 days a year, but full 100. Of course, there is a price tag they put on that time -- the salary. This single-minded "family time is infinitely more valuable th…
Are you being obtuse on purpose? You are taking the argument to the other extreme: "Family time is SOOOO important, why are you even working? hypocrite" Of course he has to "trade family time for work" aka salary. Of course he has to spend (probably) 40 hours a week (not including lunch/driving) to keep the bills paid... Everyone - except lottery winners, retired people, those lucky to be born into money, etc - has t…
That the family-work ratio cannot be extreme, and is very much a personal tradeoff, was the whole point of my post. I am baffled -- what exactly are you arguing against? It seems you're agreeing with a vengeance.