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[quote=Anonymous]So here we are, stressful week (already, and it's only Tuesday) and I'm dreaming about SAH with my kiddo instead of shlepping into work every day.

I'm wondering who out there has made things work SAH without being a biglaw spouse :) Here's my monthly budget breakdown, roughly:

$2400 Mortgage
$300 Utilities
$100 Cell phones
$2300 Child care (this would obviously be eliminated if I SAH)
$600 Groceries
$100 Gas and car insurance
$50 Misc transportation costs (usually me parking at work a few days a month instead of metroing or walking, so might be eliminated if I SAH)
$300 Entertainment (eating out, entertaining guests at home, booze, etc)
$200 Travel fund (one trip per year to visit family)
$200 Misc (haircuts, clothing, etc)

We have about $60K in our rainy day fund (liquid) and about $200K in our retirement funds (not liquid).

Don't think I'm missing anything but I could be...

DH makes $94K and I make $80K. What do you all think? Can I SAH or does DH have to earn more? I'm happy to cut corners in a lot of ways, but we are already reasonably frugal so I'm not sure how much more we'd cut. [/quote]

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