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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We were willing to sacrifice just about everything but necessities to keep me at home. [b] The first few years were rough. We lived in Raleigh, North Carolina on less $50,000.[/b]  My DH's income is about $160,000 now so while we are not rich, we are comfortable.  We moved away from DC and $160,000 feels like a ton of money here. I went back to work part-time when our youngest started middle school and that helped as well.

We only had one car but my DH had a work vehicle. That really helped. Almost all of our vacations were trips to visit family in different parts of the country. We lived overseas for a few years so we were able to travel some then as well. I budgeted very carefully. We limited activities to one per child. We were just really careful with our money back then. It's much easier to save with one parent at home.

[b]Our kids are grown now[/b]. Zero regrets. It was worth it for our family. [/quote]

You realize that $50k want a lot farther when you started staying home 25-30 years ago (or whatever) than it does now, right?[/quote]

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