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[quote=Anonymous]it all depends on the lifestyle and expectations.

I never thought about SAH before before but I am in a pretty limited field in terms of job opportunities (so specialized that there are just a few each year in the country at my level of experience), don't like my current job, and miss being around for my kids who are now in elementary. At the same time, I am anxious about putting the onus on DH and our financial future. He now earns 160k, and we could definitely do it  on one salary (I make 120k) but we only just started making this money in the past couple years. Earlier we were making 120 total living in DC and barely scraping by with daycare, etc. And because neither of us made a lot when we were younger and had loans, etc, we have not built up a huge nest egg, so being able to max out retirement for the first time (we are in mid 40s and early 50s) is important. But theater major factor is my fear that if something happened to DH, I would not be able to find a decent job in the area, or it could take me a long time. Its very hard to leave the work force in my field and come back in at the same level. So for me, the answer is not a specific salary, its having the financial security or ability to get back into the job market even if the 'breadwinner' suddenly is incapacitated for one reason or another.

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