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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Omg. Your husband makes so much. I would do it in a heartbeat. [/quote]

But she doesn’t actually want to be a SAHM, if so, she could have done it all along. She wants to be a lady of leisure now that both her kids will be in full time school. I know exactly the type. [/quote]

This. The normal progression is stay at home from birth through Kindergarten, then start some sort of work again when kids are in school. You don't wait until the hard part is done and then decide to stay at home. [/quote]

Yeah, this. Staying at home when your kids are really young (basically "being the nanny" from birth until full-time school) yields big benefits to the kids. You can be attentive to them and help them grow and they get very attached to you. It's really unclear what the benefit to the kids is to stay home when they are in full-time school. What will you do during that time?

I agree that it sounds like you just don't like your job. Your husband makes enough that you don't need two incomes, but what about your sense of achievement? I actually think maybe you should quit and then do some career soul-searching, and figure out if there is a career path that you actually feel excited about.

(this is coming from a mom who dropped to part time when the kids where born. now they are in full-time school and I work about 20 hours per week. It's perfect IMO. I can't imagine not having work projects -- they add a lot of interestingness to my life, and a source of money that is my own, and I still have plenty of time to take care of the kids and household stuff such that our life is pretty easy.)[/quote]

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