I was a kid of a situation like this one. My mom was stay at home and my dad was our only source of income, so he wasn’t really around. I’d usually see him on Saturdays and maybe Sundays if he wasn’t working then too. While I love my dad with my whole heart and I know he loves me too, I was left feeling disconnected to him and still can’t really form a conversation with him the same way I can with my mom. I can tell her whatever, however. With him it’s like awkward small talk. I’ve never felt like I could confide in him, although he’s told me I can say whatever. I’m a very sensitive person, and I always have been, so I felt hurt as a kid that he was never around. I think this could work, but not with a sensitive kid, which of course you won’t really know until you have the kid.