Quoting Patricia Jung ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Let me put it this way: I'm always wondering how these young fathers (I > know several of them) find time to engage in Open Source related > projects to the extend they do, committing _a lot_ of their time, > besides their normal daytime jobs.
On my own side, the involvment indeed has grown up.....along with my childs growing up also, so there's indeed no issue. And, well, even during the years (which are not that far behind us) where the kids needed parents to be not too far, we did share that part of the work. Even more, my wife's work involved far more time away from home than mine, really. So, imho, *that* is maybe not the worst part. The most difficult point is managing to keep some time to share when the other part of the couple has no special personal interest for this part of your activity. That happens, of course, and I think all geeks have to learn living with someone which is not deeply interested in his/her geek activities....even though both love each other. I'm quite proud of me and my wife still being able to manage all this but, believe me, this needs constant attention especially from the geeky part of the couple..:-) > I don't know any young mother who has a partner who does this for her. So > please: Instead of having a bad conscience, spend more time with your > children and housecare, giving your mate the opportunity to engage in > Open Source projects to the same extend you do! But, well, she does not want to.:-). Not really because she does not understand Free Software and why I am involved in all this but rather because all things related to computers are not in her personal field of interest. But, indeed, all young parents I know in the geek community (not that much, for sure) are indeed quite good for sharing the chldren/housecare stuff with their mate. And several who *were* very active just lowered their involvment a lot because they became parents and have chosen to change the way to share their free time.
