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[quote=Anonymous]We have a budget similar to yours and I manage to stay home with an income from my spouse of about $100K. However: if it's very important for you to SAH, as it was for me, you have to decide whether it's MORE important than other things you do now. Could you see cutting your entertainment budget, for instance, cutting down on grocery bills and being more frugal in that regard, buying clothes on consignment for the kids (fine when they're toddlers and preschoolers, harder as they get older)? I decided I would be happier not working, even if it meant forgoing the organic grapes, sticking to two buck Chuck, and not partaking of a lot of the stay-at-home parent mainstays: Gymboree, baby and me Spanish classes, and so forth.

It's all worth it to me, but it's a delicate balance of how much you dislike your job, how much you enjoy staying home with kids, how devoted you are to your gym membership and going out to the movies and being able to buy those cherries even though they cost $20. In other words: I think your husband earns enough, but you will have to make sacrifices. (Your monthly entertainment and miscellaneous costs are way too much, in my opinion, and $2400 a year for travel also is a little steep. You are going to end up going into debt if you can't cut those, so I suggest trying to do so BEFORE you quit your job and seeing how it feels.)[/quote]

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