Any low-to-moderate income families having mom/dad staying at home with baby?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious to know how those of you who SAH scaled back. DH makes $175K, I make $75K. He doesn't think we can do it on his salary alone. I know we can. The problem is, he wants to be able to fly whenever he wants (for trips) and to buy whatever electronics he wants (iPhones, gadgets, etc.) when he wants and to go out to lunch daily. We have some student loan debt and a mortgage, but I'm confident we could manage well.

So I guess my question is, how did you get your spouse comfortable with scaling back? My DH doesn't want to change his lifestyle.

Marry someone else.

There are some real bitches on this board, huh? It's easy to sit behind your computer screen, anonymous, and be nasty, isn't it?

Geez.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious to know how those of you who SAH scaled back. DH makes $175K, I make $75K. He doesn't think we can do it on his salary alone. I know we can. The problem is, he wants to be able to fly whenever he wants (for trips) and to buy whatever electronics he wants (iPhones, gadgets, etc.) when he wants and to go out to lunch daily. We have some student loan debt and a mortgage, but I'm confident we could manage well.

So I guess my question is, how did you get your spouse comfortable with scaling back? My DH doesn't want to change his lifestyle.

Marry someone else.

There are some real bitches on this board, huh? It's easy to sit behind your computer screen, anonymous, and be nasty, isn't it?

Geez.

Actually, the guy DOES sound like an A-hole. His priorities are obviously self-centered. The OP probably isn't going to convince him to change.