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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Long commutes, long hours, no remote options and work travel and forced after work dinners and drinks are actually good for 90 percent of Moms with young kids.

Two reasons: first

1. 90 percent of jobs are crap. Low paid sit in cube dead end. So 90 percent of people working have a meaningless job with crap pay. 
2. When my three kids were young 1, 5 and 7 I worked a in person job that was demanding and in return got $360k a year and wife stayed home and plenty of money. My wife had a cube level dead end job in a big bank and was more than happy to leave after 14 years of it.

Then Covid hit. I was laid off and all at once my same jobs now remote with tons of flexibility all we’re paying $160k to $170k a $200,000 a year paycut!! My wife could go back to work but she would barely make 100k so we are talking 260k we both work which is $100k less with tons of extra expenses and stress.

Luckily I found a place RTO in 2023 and after three years in pajamas sleeping in for peanuts got back to real pay again. Our stress went away and wife is happy.

in person a blessing 90 percent of Moms.

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Your situation is not that common.  I worked from home for 15 years...before and through Covid with flexible scheduling.  Now I work in the office 5 days a week due the same pay (way less than 350k). DW has always needed to work.  I do not know a single mom who considers in person a blessing.[/quote]

But that is your failure not hers. Take a demanding job. They pay more. You should be in the 10 percent high paying jobs not the bottom 90 percent. you spouse should quit and throw a rock on your back to earn more.   [/quote]

Not all of us want our spouse to have to shoulder a demanding career and the financial responsibility by themselves. I like that my DH is around to handle sick days, early release, coaching little league at 5 PM, etc. Time and flexibility are luxuries in many ways that outweigh money. Also I don’t want to be the default caregiver, handle all the home stuff, etc. by myself. I want to use my higher education. [/quote]

But 90 percent of people dont use education and do meaningless jobs. Plus in REAL WORLD 1 + 1 = 3.  Meaning a single person devoted to work will over time make triple the average worker. So dual income does not make as much as single income in a lot of cases. Unless both are rock stars. But remember 90 percent of jobs are not great. Odds are both of you wont be in the top 10 percent of earners. If you are great. I don't think Matt Damon's wife going back to work is a good business propositon or Michelle Obama working while Barack Obama was president.

And roles go both ways. Mark Sanchez who was a NY Jets QB and a very short lived career as a sports announcer is now a stay at home Dad for a few years as his Wife is the bread winner and he supports her career. Yea he could try to do local TV I guess or used car lot commercials but his better focus is being a stay at home dad and let his wife earn the bacon.      [/quote]

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