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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks everyone who responded. I’m going to give it some more thought and do some more planning. A few other things because some have mentioned them.  My partner is supportive and has taken two sabbaticals over the years as well and done some other things for personal and career growth through which I was the support. Not that we are a tit for tat couple, but it’s not the case that I expect to be supported and eating bons bons while partner works a grind. Also kids college is in pretty good shape. It’s extremely important to me that we can pay for 4 years of wherever they want to go so that has been the priority since I got pregnant. Any extra went there as did modest inheritance. I would not even consider this if it meant we couldn’t pay their college.
Finally in terms of never working “a real career” again, I’m not sure that’s realistic given my skills and the fact that I’m not particularly hung up on titles and C-suite stuff. I’d consider lots of things to be real careers - not just partner or executive.[/quote]

PP here. By real career I mean non retail, not in education. Office work will be off the table except as admin.

If you are ok with that, go for it. But professional careers are rampant with ageism.

How did your DH manage his sabbatical???  That could be a good model??[/quote]

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