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[quote=Anonymous]I have been married to my DH for over ten years, and we have a DS in elementary. DH is unhappy with this job, and he would like to pursue a second bachelor's degree which he thinks would help him change. He had a coworker who recently did this which I think has spurred this. I already supported him several years ago when he pursued a graduate certificate for similar purposes. Both DH and I work full time and earn similar incomes.

His plan to pay for this is to incur educational debt. I strongly feel that since we are approaching 40 our focus should be on paying off our house, saving for retirement, and our son's education. I have told DH I would support any reasonable plan for him to gain whatever credentials he feels he needs, but I will not approve a plan that relies on educational debt.

I think a lot of this has to do with approaching midlife and feeling he needs to shake things up career-wise. How do I get him to see there are other more affordable options?  It has become a recurring issue, and I am not sure how to resolve this. I believe his own family is worn out with his career issues. He bounced around jobs a lot when DS was little and he experienced a period of unemployment. I am pretty sure then that no one wants to hear more about his career ambitions, so I stuck dealing with this alone.

Thanks for any suggestions.[/quote]

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