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[quote=Anonymous]I'm in the same boat as 7:09 although we bought our house before we thought about having kids. We thought we'd trade up at some point but even though this house is smaller than what I really wanted, it's bigger than the house I grew up in, it's conveniently located and we can't get better for the price.

Our local school is a Title 1 school and, honestly, I think it probably better served us than a public school in a richer area.  The student/teacher ratios were lower and the school had additional resources available to it. It served our NT kids as well as our kids with SN. The school applied for grants and several summers were able to offer a type of summer school.  Teachers were awesome and while the PTA was under-resourced, there was still enough involvement to feel like there was a community

As far as jobs, my DH and I both changed jobs a different times to accommodate our need for flexibility.  I've always been the primary breadwinner so I couldn't take a reduction in salary but I did get off the career track.  I took a job that I'd done 10 years earlier because the pay was the same and I was a LOT closer to home.  My boss had kids with SN and allowed me a lot more flexibility than my other jobs to work around kids' appointments/needs.  I put in 110% for that job because I really appreciated the flexibility and wanted to ensure she never regretted it.

We took no vacations (other than to visit family members) for over 10 years, we didn't outsource any household work, no date nights, rarely ate out and went to just about every free event in the DMV.  We did continue to contribute to retirement and contributed $50 each month to each kids' 529 (even though we knew at least 1 kid would not go to college). I stopped getting my hair colored/highlighted, no more fancy beauty products and I packed lunch/coffee for work every day. Oh, and we never bought a new car.  We even got our van used and are still driving it 16 years later. [/quote]

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