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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm truly not trying to be snarky, but these posts surprise me. I've been married 4 years, no kids, similar salaries, and we have joint everything (bank/brokerage accounts, credit cards, vehicles, etc). I married my husband with the expectation that he would support me financially if I decided to quit working - how will these contributions change when children come into the picture or one spouse stops working? [/quote]

OP here:  I guess I see us as a team and I expect both of us to work to support the family unit.  We make good money to support our modest lifestyle but I don't think finances will permit either of us to not work.  Obviously it's a different story if one of us becomes sick (although we have disability insurance coverage until 65 so maybe that doesn't matter) and the plan is to use daycare when we have children.  If our future child has special needs or there's a situation with aging parents then we should have a financial history at that point that we can look at and determine if it's possible for one of us to not work or work part time.[/quote]

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