When one of our colleagues returned to work this week after a year on parental leave, her husband proposed a final hurrah.
"Let's have a beer to celebrate the end of your holidays".
She raised an eyebrow.
"I mean … the end of your maternity leave. You've done a great job."
Twelve months of sleepless nights keeping a newborn human alive was many things, but it wasn't a holiday.
Still, we tend to draw a line between the work we do in the home and "real" work.
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