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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Outsource cleaning and laundry at the minimum.

Everything else seems pretty typical working family household.

I have 3 kids and now stay home. I burned out but many others continue to chug along. I just dropped off my youngest at preschool and I get a 3 hr break.[/quote]

So did you move somewhere cheaper?  DH keeps talking about moving to an exurb, where he would have long commute but I would SAH. I’m skeptical b/c that’s a huge drop in college and retirement savings, and with his health I’m not convinced he is built to be a breadwinner. I have no desire to be sole breadwinner and him be SAHD, and he says he expects it would be very isolating anyways. [/quote]

No, DH earned more money and eventually we moved closer to his work so he could be home for dinner and sports more. I would not have stopped working if he could not cover college and retirement. Our kids do attend public schools in McLean.

It sounds like you outsource nothing. [/quote]

Yeah, sounds like working was very optional for you. DH career has always limped along, he doesn’t know how to hustle, but always was a good introverted engineer.  Which was fine when he was younger, but he needs to move into management or BD but has had no success, and no success going part time. His contracting client is old school and says no telework either which is maddening. [/quote]

It gets worse when multiple kids play different sports and there are games/tournaments on weekends. My kids have music, sports, scouts and academic extracurriculars. Even if I stay home, it is hard for me to juggle the 3 kids. I have a sitter and still feel like I’m carpooling often and am the taker more than the giver. Having a busy spouse and 3 kids having to be at different places is hard. I can’t be at 3 places at once.[/quote]

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