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[quote=Anonymous]When Skyler was pregnant with Walt Jr., Walt Sr. was working for a lab and making good money by their standards.  When they bought the house while Skyler was pregnant, Walt had actually wanted to get a bigger house because he was doing so well.  At some point he left that job, though, and started teaching instead (at a much lower salary), which is when Skyler started doing little side jobs like the ebay selling to make extra money.  Given that they had a child with significant special needs at that point, Skyler probably wasn't in a position to go back to work in a meaningful capacity, between the time needed for Walt Jr.'s likely therapies and the difficulty finding a daycare that can properly care for a child with his special needs.   At some point in there she did work for Beneke as a bookkeeper, but then left after Ted made a pass at her.  Walt only got the second job at the car wash after Skyler got pregnant with Holly, so while things were tight, they were probably making ends meet on his income and her side work before then.

I don't find it unrealistic at all that Skyler wouldn't be working outside the home under those circumstances.  At any given time, it probably felt like they just needed to get over the financial hurdle right in front of them (just pay for the new hot water heater, just pay for this new set of crutches for Walt Jr., etc.), and then they'd be able to breath a little easier.  When you think you're just about to get past the worst of it, it's easy to justify maintaining the status quo rather than upheaving everything for the non-working spouse to get a job.  Plus there's the question of how much Skyler would realistically make if she did given her limited work experience -- remember that when she finally did decide to go back to work, she went back to Ted Beneke (despite having left previously over his inappropriate advances) because that was her best chance at getting a job.[/quote]

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