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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You left out the most important thing here, which is whether your husband is on the same page as you or whether this is some kind of unilateral decision you are making.

FWIW if you were my spouse, I would not support this. I would expect you to suck it up. Why take a 6-figure hit to our income?[/quote]
+1 you have college loans.

If you wanted to be able to quit once you had kids, you shouldn't have taken out loans. Sure, that's in hindsight, but you made the choice to take out loans.

FWIW, I am completely disillusioned with corporate America, but went back to work after the kids were born because I wanted to be able to save for retirement and college.   I did take a total of 2 years off with two kids, but I also saved a lot before I did it.

I was fortunate to be able to get back into the workforce earning six figures due to my network and being a top performer, but it has still mommy tracked me, which I am ok with since I hate the corporate world.

I will be retiring in two years, at 57.  Youngest will be off to college, with a fully funded 529 for in state.

If it's just about being disillusioned at work, you just have to suck it up.  If it's because you are stressed out with childcare/housechores, hire help.[/quote]

How do you suck it up? This sounds ridiculous but I feel physically ill when I think about work. I do a good job and don’t have any problems, I just hate it. [/quote]
I keep my eyes on the prize:  a comfortable, early retirement with kids' colleges paid for (in state).  I have 2 more years to go.  I would like to quit right now.  I worked over 4th of July because of the project I'm on which was badly managed.

I am no longer operating at 100%, but my 85% is better than most on my team.  Sometimes I have a bad attitude at work, but I honestly don't care at this point.

My kids are 17 and 20.  It went by slow, but fast, if you get what I mean.

Or, just find a new job that you don't hate.

When we lived on just DH's salary alone,  budget was tight, and we had to dip into my savings to go on vacation and for extras.  While work stress went down, I had a bit of financial stress.[/quote]

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