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[quote=Anonymous]I can't figure out what to do.

I'm set to start a master's degree program next week. I'm currently a SAHM (we have one child), but I would like to start up the career I had before marriage/kid. Being out of the field a few years has made it tough to find a job again, but the master's will help a lot. Plus, I'm pretty friggin' excited about it.

Now DH is saying he thinks I shouldn't do it. His reasons are:
-it's a lot of money ($500/credit)
-we'd have to find childcare (I have family in the area who can help, plus tons of our neighbors babysit)
-he hates the area and his job that he's been at 6 months, and plans to start applying for new jobs out of state once he's been at this job for a year. So doing a 2-3 year masters program interferes with that. 
-he hadn't said this but I suspect he thinks the career I want isn't "prestigious" enough/pays enough. True, it doesn't pay as much as his job, but it's in the 50-70k range.

Other schools offer the same program, but the one here is one of the best. It also has a TON of contacts in the career I want, so it will help me out a lot in the long run.

We also don't know how long it will actually take DH to find another job, it could be a couple years.

I understand that DH is unhappy here!but I also think this program will benefit us both in the long run. I love this area and don't want to leave but will for him. I just wish he could suck it up a couple more years since after this, we'll be living wherever he wants to.

Thoughts?

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