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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I read these, my question is always where are the flexible and well paying jobs? Did you have them before kids or what?[/quote]

My husband and I both have them.

We both really hustled in our 20s and paid our dues - lots of jobs with long hours and low pay. We didn't have kids until our mid 30s.

He worked his way up at a couple places. I hopped around a lot (jobs and geographically). I would say we both started making work/life balance a priority right around age 30, but by then we had been in our careers 8 years (neither of us went to graduate school) and had good reputations and experience. When we landed at jobs that were respectful of 9-5 hours, we stayed. There are moments when each of us have considered a move - either for more money, more interesting work, or because there were things we didn't like about our jobs, but we are completely unwilling to extend our work hours, which limits our options. And we're really comfortable with that.

Also - adjust your idea of well paying. We make about equal amounts and our HHI is $195k. Plenty, as far as we're concerned. And we live in DC.[/quote]

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