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I agree with this and think about it a lot.  It's like, some parents decide to quit jobs/tone down responsibility to give the kids everything time- and opportunity-wise, but they give up what THEIR parent did for them, right?  I often think - ok, I'm 33, and my parents paid for my education, etc.  So if I quit work to raise kids (and this is NOT meant to bash SAHM's), and give them everything, will they just do the same thing?  And if so, why am I doing it?  Hope this makes sense to someone, I know it's a bit convoluted.[/quote]

I know exactly what you mean...you can go around in circles for hours with this thought process.  I eventually broke out - this is my thinking: Unless you're Steve Jobs or Oprah Winfrey (to give a female example, although she has no husband/kids), when you die there aren't groups of strangers assessing your life's accomplishments. Even if they name a conference room or a scholarship after you when you die, what good does that do you?  I've decided that life is really just a compilation of days and what's important is you are happy day-to-day, so I chose to do what I think will make me the most happy on a daily basis.  Before anyone accuses me of being selfish, one of the things that makes me the most happy is happy kids and spending quality family time.  I also like earning an income at a job with reasonable hours and nice people.  So that's what I'm doing. I used to earn six figures and have a prestigious career but I wasn't happy.

We women really have touch decisions to make - it's not easy.[/quote]

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