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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Scenario A, I doubt he'll step up at home and then mom is stuck with a hard job and still doing everything at home.
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I'd never give up a 150k wfh job. If DH is under stress, let him switch to a lower pressure job and make do with the income cut. No one needs to make three quarters of a million to survive. You can do fine on 300 or 400k HHI which is still an obscene amount.[/quote]

Totally agree with this.

OP needs to clarify what question is being asked. Is it, "We are in scenario A and I am wondering if B (or something else) would improve things" or is it "which is a more desirable set up for family life?" I am convinced that any man who has lived Scenario A with DW doing everything is not going to magically step it up with a less stressful job.[b] I also firmly believe that generally, the type who has that kind of job (high level consultant or PR agency, big firm partner) has a workaholic personality and will not magically chill out in a "less stressful" job.[/b][/quote]

+1 my former boss took a "lower stress" job because she wanted to have more family time. Within six months she turned her low-stress job into a high-stress one by introducing and running a couple new initiatives. Left that job for another lower-stress one and did the same thing. She just doesn't do "low stress job." Fortunately, her husband does and she finally accepted that balance.[/quote]

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