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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] [quote]DH has pretty flexible hours but the amount of money I was being paid and him needing to be home at 4 or 3 when school/clubs were over was tough on him as he's in a large office where people come in late and stay late so he often had to call in for 5:00 meetings[/quote]

It's usually tough on both working parents isn't it?  Why does it seem the default is always that the woman takes the career hit because juggling work and family is "too hard for the man"?  And when the decision is made based on husband's "better earning power", aren't we feeding a self-fulfilling prophecy?[/quote]

In my case, DH was making $800,000 in IT, and as a contractor temp, I was making $25/hour.  It is a no brainer for us.

Butt, I know what you mean.  If I were to do college over again, I would have explored higher paying careers outside of education.  I hope for my girls that they are faced with the hard question of who stays home with their children because they are on par with their DH's salary. [/quote]

IT engineer here. Can you elaborate on how your DH commands this income? I am a system engineer, working requirement specs, integration, and operations --make $115k -- if I made half your DH my DW could stay home.  [/quote]

If I made 200k, my DW could stay home (willingly).[/quote]

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