I am running DL4/5 and finding it hard to balance the time and attention for behaviour thing so am looking for more advice
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We have 2 kids, 10 month old and 5 year old. I work long hours and travel a lot, long haul every second week and usually one or two nights away in between. My weekends are reboot time and family time, so I like to get stuff done at home, play with my kids, have fun with my wife.
When I got to DL4 is joined a martial arts club and in addition to lifting 5 days a week I do Martial Arts 2 week nights. I did this to protect weekend time because otherwise I will never see my kids. This is going well and I feel I can sustain this level of intensity even if it means I am out the door by 7am and not home before 11pm any night of the week bar Friday.
I have been RP (MRP style) for probably 6 months and am getting a sense that being at home all weekend is counteractive from Dread perspective. I feel I need to see my guy friends without my family and be busy with other "stuff", rather than playing domestic dad all weekend, even though I prefer the time with kids.
How do you guys balance this? i feel that by being home all the time I am viewed as at least being in a "safe" environment where Dread will not happen resulting in dry vagina on Saturday and Sunday night. Is it a case of going out at least one weekend night with the guys in addition to the week day stuff? Or have I gone too far during the week and need to rebalance?
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