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[quote=Anonymous]Op here. Good questions. Details are complicated.

DH does well, we could live on his income alone but the money I bring in helps us pad out retirement and college savings. We're not rich but we have enough.

The extra money would go towards my retirement (would be nice to be able to contribute to a 401k again after being self-employed for so long, I miss the simplicity of that). Also a good chunk of it would go towards outsourcing things I currently do -- we'd do weekly cleaners, spend a lot more on childcare especially in the summer, probably outsource more meals. Otherwise, the additional income would just go into ordinary savings or some investment vehicles. It would not be transformational for us now or in retirement. Just nice to have.

One of our kids has autism, which has been a major reason I've stayed part time so long. We are in a really good place with it right now though, and have seen some major leaps in independence in the last year, plus got her into a new school that has better support for her. That's what has made it possible for me to feel like I could take a full time job, and that's also a major part of why I've turned down these offers for higher paying jobs -- I want to keep things fairly simple and easy where I can. But this new job opportunity feels about as simple and easy as you can get while still being full time.[/quote]

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