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[quote=Anonymous]Unfortunately, not my choice. I was young when I met DH so I've never paid a bill. I've been trying endlessly to come up with a budget, but I honestly can't tell how I'll make it work. Don't flame me, I know I make a decent amount, but expenses are high as you'll see.

- $200K annual (with approx. $20-25K bonus annually)
- After taxes, health insurance/HSA, and work parking, take home is $9K monthly
- $35K equity in home
- $100K student loans (for me, $200K for him)
- DH salary: $130K including bonuses

Monthly:
- Daycare (2 kids): $2700/month
- Student loans: $1,170/month
- Timeshare (I know, I know, I've tried to sell it): $226/month
- Car: $386/month
- House cleaning (biweekly): $200/month
- Life ins: $44.62/month
- Cable: $130/month

Then there is car and home insurance, electric, water, gas, trash, home maintenance, miscellaneous (cleaning supplies, etc), groceries, kids' lunch and "stuff," etc.

How on earth do I figure out how much mortgage I can afford? DH has mentioned I'll have to pay HIM child support because we'll presumably be splitting time equally so that will have to factor in as well. Any way I calculate it, I'm in the red let alone saving for 529s, etc. I definitely cannot afford our house myself so I will have to move. For stability, I want to buy so my kids are in one place for the foreseeable future rather than rent, plus my older will be going to kindergarten in 2019.
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