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The rise of the remote husband

She goes out to work, he stays at home (and logs on)

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In costa mesa, a city in California’s wealthy, beachy Orange County, she is working her way up to becoming a partner in the local office of a major law firm; he is an executive at a tech startup based in the Bay Area, more than 400 miles away. When the wives head out in the morning, to their offices, classrooms or hospitals, they are waving goodbye to their husbands, who remain at home.

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This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “The rise of the remote husband”

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