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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wonder what the husbands think. Do y'all remember the defaulted breadwinner post ??? He's not alone I think[/quote]

Previous poster again.  I have been a SAHP for twelve years, and I know what SO thinks about it because we communicate.  When I first stopped working, I probably earned one-fifth of the HHI.  That meant that we felt the difference, but our several children were also very young, and we were expecting yet another, so it was obvious to both of us that I needed to stay home for a while.

As the years progressed, our lives and the children's demands and commitments became even more intensive, not less so, and again, my Partner and I would occasionally discuss whether it made sense for me to return to work, and always decided that things were working very well as is.  At the same time, we were very, very lucky that SO continued to be able to work hard, and make commitments of time, travel, and moves, that allowed them to be promoted within the corporate structure of their organization.

SO currently earns more than twelve times what I earned when I retired from the workforce twelve years ago, so we definitely no longer need my income to supplement our HHI.  However, our oldest goes off to college next year, so perhaps now is the time to start planning my career post-children, though we are still nine years away from having an empty nest.[/quote]

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