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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I chose to take about 18 months off from work, but had I stayed in my job, we would have spent an amount about equal to my take-home pay on childcare those first two years.  Of course, I didn't think of that money as coming out my paycheck only -- it would be a joint expense between my DH and I. But this fact did factor into my decision to stay home because I really, really wanted to by home with my baby and the idea of going to my job every day so that I could earn just enough money to pay someone else to do the thing I wanted to be doing was very annoying to me. That bothered me way more than the money -- the fact that I wanted to be the one taking my baby to the park and story time a singing songs and playing together. It's hard to pay someone else to do something you really want to do yourself, so I didn't.[/quote]

I totally get that. I hate not being the one to take my kids everywhere. But I don’t want to quit and SAH completely. I wish there were more PT options in my industry (finance).[/quote]

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