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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thank you to everyone for your input. I have accepted the job.

The company has said that I can do 30% - 40% travel and I will have flexibility to manage it. DH is scaling his travel back so that one of us will be at home. As a back up we are also getting a live in nanny so that the kids have a stable routine. We already have a cleaner and lawn service.

I have a lot of flexibility and so does DH when we are not travelling so one of us will be at home most of the time so Im hopeful that this will work out for us as a family.

As I have said before I took 5 years off from work when my kids were born as I felt that was the best thing for our family. I now feel confident that we are all in a position to cope with my stepping up at work. I feel lucky to have the option and I know that if this all falls apart I will step down from this.

Thanks once again - particularly to those of you who took the time to post thoughtful comments. 
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Good for you OP- this sounds like the best of both worlds kind of situation, and honestly much more manageable than your 1st post. DH being crucial here. May I ask your industry? I don't know anyone who could take off 5 years and get to "big bucks"- but all the high end career folks I know are big law partners (500K) or high end engineering manager (200-300K) etc[/quote]

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