"Imagine you had a career in which you had to spend two weeks in one office, then two weeks in another."
And you consider that better than two weeks in an office and two weeks laid-off? Or zero weeks in office? Children have needs from both parents. Shared parenting, although not ideal, is better than mis-parenting or no parenting, particularly when the father's role is at issue.
After three years, are you kidding me? I just glanced through my post to get a rough idea of what the gist of the thread was, and I"m pretty sure that I stand by what I posted. There are best case scenarios, there are worst, and there's a lot going on in between.
Three years, fcol!!! Too early in the morning for this.