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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi Op- have you thought about raising your own income instead? 90K is not a small salary. But YOUR salary of $50K is extremely low for this area. I am a former SAHM, foreign born with a strong accent and gramma mistakes when I write in English.

I was able to secure a job at $65K in DC with 10-years gap on my resume.

If you make 200K together jointly and share parenting equally, it is totally possible to buy a house to raise a family in DC area : Kensington, Rockville, Silver Spring. [/quote]
+1  But I think OP has no career aspirations and wanted the "traditional" gender roles of the high earning DH and the sahm. She was expecting that her DH would be able to provide that for her.

I think OP's problem is that she thought the masters would equate to a higher income.  So, she feels like there was a bait and switch.  IMO, masters are meaningless now.  It's like what a bachelors was like 30 years ago.   That is problem #1.

The second issue is your gender role expectations.  If your DH is not making the $$ that you want, then do it yourself.

My advise to OP is this:

1. either you need to make more  
or
2. get a divorce and find yourself a richer man if you can.
or 
3. temper your expectations[/quote]

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