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[quote=Anonymous]We're both WOH. Currently HHI is $200K-225K depending on how much overtime DH works... but obviously there's a huge tradeoff there (especially because the OT is typically 5pm-12am/2am or on weekends, which takes him out of childcare entirely). Right now, I earn 140K for 45 hours/week + 1 hour commute and have a pretty flexible fed job, but not so flexible that I can work at home on a regular/scheduled basis; DH earns 60-85K for ~80 hours/week + 30 minute commute with almost no flexibility, but in 2 years it be ~200K for 50-60 hours/week with way more flexibility, which should improve things enormously. Family is nowhere close (more than half our family lives abroad... really far away abroad even).

Right now we are draining our savings to make a nanny work and, for the last ~6 months of our current HHI, I think we will actually go into debt. Still, it's feasible because of the pay bump that's coming. I know that makes us super lucky. I don't know how you handle 2 kids, 2 genuinely FT jobs and no family without a nanny.[/quote]

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