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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do you feel the need to judge others?  Are you just insecure about the choices you have made for yourself? Maybe she is dealing with health issues of a parent or other family member. Especially in the area of mental health, people don’t always share that sort of thing. Maybe she felt like her mother didn’t spend enough time with her when she was growing up, and doesn’t want to make the same mistake with her own kids. Maybe she feels like her marriage will be more successful if both spouses aren’t stressed out all the time with work. Maybe, maybe, maybe…you have no idea why she has made the choices she has made, nor should you care. [/quote]

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Or maybe the spouse would not be as successful at work if they had to stay home with sick kids, leave work at exactly 5:30pm X days per week to get to daycare/afterschool care pickup on time (or be docked $10/min for each min late).  Maybe the spouse would have to turn down key projects that involve travel if both spouses were workings.  I know for a fact that my spouse got to where they did in part because they DID NOT have any of those responsibilities at home.  They could stay until 8pm for meetings, travel without worrying how to manage the kids, etc.  We also both agreed the kids need stability and (in our opinion), we wanted that to be one of us. Wouldn't change what we did at all.  But it's what worked for us.  Spouse grew their career and by age 35 we did not have to worry about finances much. [/quote]

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