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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"If he agrees to the cushy final assignment, will you agree to go back to work full time after he retires to help with your DD's tuition/loans and make up for his lost pay?

Jeezus, you are an idiot.

Why is this person an idiot? I seem to remember the thread where the DW wanted her husband to reimburse her for lost wages during maternity leave. That is idiocy. I think the PP asked a valid and reasonable question.

First, how do you know that spouse has not been working all these years (at the embassy or something like that), and, unless she is also a FSO she likely made huge career sacrifices so he could globetrot around the world. It's not like she could keep working while he moved every 3 years."

I'm not criticizing OP for not earning money, or saying she hasn't sacrificed a career or not worked.  I'm just saying that if the DH is willing to suck it up for 3 years to make more for the family, and she doesn't want to, isn't one compromise for them to take the assignment she wants with the caveat that she will work to make up the money afterwards?  So why is this idiotic?

I'm female, fwiw.[/quote]

Because that's not a compromise. He gets everything. She is not (presumably) interested in living elsewhere if she needs to make all that money.[/quote]

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