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[quote=Anonymous]I work full-time and have a 5yo and a 3yo.  I had been very back and forth about what the right choice was for our family, but I'm glad I kept working.  No, we don't have fancy cars or a fancy house, we don't have a housekeeper, and we take one vacation a year to the beach, but we do have lots of college savings and 401k savings and regular savings.  My husband and I also went through a period where he had made a really bad choice and I thought we might actually be divorcing and when he told me, the very first thought that popped into my head after the complete shock had worn off a bit was "THANK GOD I KEPT WORKING."  Certainly not saying to always plan for the worst, and you know your spouse best, but ever since then I know that for me personally, I feel more comfortable making an income myself and knowing that I can ramp up my career to make enough to support us should something happen.

I don't love my job, but I really really like it.  And I'm good at it.  And I look forward to my career growing after the kids don't need me as much.  I made the right choice for MY family (note, I'm making no judgement about the right choice for anyone else's family - it's certainly possible to have lots of savings with one parent staying home and it's certainly valid if you value staying at home over saving for college and retirement - your choice).

Now all that said, if my DH made $500k, here's what I'd do.  I'd keep working.  Either part-time or full-time really.  And I'd have a housekeeper to do all the boring stuff, I'd start work late enough that I could drop the kids off at school in the morning and have an excellent nanny that I'd pay well to pick the kids up from school and play with them for a couple of hours until I got home.  Heck, I'd probably have someone make us dinner too.  I'd have a house right next to my work so I had no commute.

All the bad things about working can be done away with with money, particularly when the kids are in school all day anyway.  That sounds like an awesome life to me anyway :)[/quote]

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