A strange thing started to happen when Bill Higgins, a onetime real estate entrepreneur, left the business world three years ago to stay home with his young son. Rather than take offense, Higgins turned to levity.
Issues arise for both spouses.
Even though Higgins is home, she's still the social director, housekeeper, and meal planner. I have to leave behind my hard-charging, aggressive work personality that expects perfection at the office,'' she says. I didn't want to die with my real estate boots on,'' says Higgins, who was an FBI agent and U.S. Navy captain before he turned to real estate. Two unrelated events led him to that conclusion. First, a stint in the gulf war as an assistant Navy chief of staff for logistics left Higgins, who was in the reserves, bored with business and casting about for something else to do.