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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Big hugs, OP.

I ended up as a SAHM because my boss fired me for having a special needs child I had to rush home to instead of putting in 10 hours a day, as expected in my profession. We decided I would stay home permanently to enjoy a smaller but less stressful life on my husband's income.

And now the kids are growing up, and I am just starting to think about getting back into the workforce, in my mid-40s. Right when all the feds are being fired in DC, not a great time.

It is what it is. I hope you did have moments of deep joy even in the trenches of work and parenting. You still have many decades to enjoy your life!
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I assume your DH got focus on his career, and had some success there?  We should have had me SAHM, and taken a chance with DH to succeed.  But we were trying to be equitable, which means it sucked for both of us. I didn’t want him staying late at work either, because I wanted help at home as I was exhausted from work already, and he was always late to work dropping off the kids. [/quote]

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