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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No. DH needs to consider staying home, not you. It’s too much money to give up.[/quote]

I agree. For us the tipping point in HHI was ~$200k, and that was 5 years ago. After that, we didn't have to worry about paying for our modest lifestyle. Even though you don't have a mortgage, my guess is you're used to living a lot more freely and luxuriously than we do. Your kids are also young and you don't know what kind of expenses are on the horizon.

Honestly I think your best bet is to get a more flexible job for slightly less salary. You'll still be financially comfortable but you won't feel as stressed out. [/quote]
+1  I became a sahp which cut our HHI in half, but OP's situation would be income cut more than by half.

I don't regret quitting even though it killed my career trajectory. Like OP, life was just too stressful, mostly for me. I did not feel I was being a good parent, wife or worker (though my manager told me even my half effort was more than most of my peers' full efforts).

Or your DH should quite.

Do you really think you can be happy living on $150K after living on $400K?  When I quit, we moved to a much lcol, reduced our mortgage by more than half, cut out the daycare/nanny.   We lived on $140K after we moved and I quit, and it was tight. We did have savings, but it was still really tight. No room for much extras. But this only lasted a year or so.[/quote]

OP isn't going from 400k to 150k, she;s going from 600k to 150k which is a HUGE drop.[/quote]
Ok, I missed the $600K. Yea that's insane.

I think I get OP, though, and why she wants to quit. I felt similarly, but if my income was 4x that of DH's no way would I quit, and DH would offer to quit instead of me.

Or as others have stated, find a different job with less stress, better work/life balance for less pay.[/quote]

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