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[quote=Anonymous]You have to look at the long term, not just the current balance sheet. For me there are 3 big issues:

--If I take a few years off now it will be very hard for me to get back into my field, and even if I could I would be making a lot less money than if I'd stayed the whole time.  (This isn't unique to my field/career, but of course there are exceptions.)

--It would be hard for us to keep up with our current level of retirement contributions, especially the portion my employer matches. I'm not comfortable with dialing back retirement savings.

--DH is healthy, our marriage is strong, and his job is fairly secure, but you never know.  We have cash on hand to cover about 4-6 months of expenses (depending on how frugal we are), but I would want it to be a full year at least before I would think about quitting.

Obviously you may be in a different position than we are. But either way you need to consider the long-term implications of quitting rather than just how much is coming in and going out each month. [/quote]

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