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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Thank you so much for the honest input, and for stating it in such a nice way.

For the PP who asked, I do work at a job that makes also about $145,000/year (depending on the bonus situation from year to year).  It's not totally stable (as no job is really 100 percent stable unless you work for yourself), but it's decent and I have back-up plan ideas in case I ever needed to find a new job.

We have 2 kids, and a mortgage of $2000/month.  We try to be frugal, but are not as disciplined as many of the top-notch savers who post on this forum.  To me, if we could have a HHI of $300K for the next 10-15 years (God willing), and just save and save, I think we'd be in decent shape.

DH has a lot of hobbies that he likes to do with the kids, which argues for taking the new job.  [b]Although he recognizes the need to hustle to drum up business, he is not especially fond of the prospect of pitching himself for work.  [/b](His brother is in the sales field and is very successful, but my [b]DH is more introverted[/b].)

Question for all:  $145,000 still seems like a decent income, no?  [/quote]

I think $145K is a decent income.  Like your DH, I am an introvert and would be very unhappy if I had to hustle for work/network all the time.  It would deplete and depress me.

Money is important, but so is contentedness in day-to-day life.  If the prospective job is a better fit for your DH in terms of his nature/personality, then he should pursue it.  He could maintain his law license because, well, that's just the smart thing to do.

And he could try to negotiate that salary upward a bit.  It couldn't hurt to try.[/quote]

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