Good news! I've noticed most (but not all) women are happier being a mom.. then working up the corporate ladder. Of course once the youngest kid gets into school there is lots of time left to be in the rat race too.
After my daughter graduated from college, he confided in me that she had watched me do the single parent career woman bit, and she thought it was not worth it. She decided to be a trophy wife, and she seems very happy. She has a daughter and is expecting. I suppose illegals do all of the grunt work at her house. I was worn out and disabled by 55, and alone. Climb the corporate ladder and sleep alone, as MODO has explained.