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[quote=Anonymous]I am a SAHM, and my husband makes 575. I know that I could never earn that amount of money. But it's also true that he could not have reached that salary had he not been able to regularly work evenings, weekends, and holidays without disruption for 12 years.

If I go back to work, I want to be able to work evenings, weekends, and holidays without disruption and with the knowledge that my kids aren't being deprived of quality time with a parent. I would want my husband to make dinner, make the doctor's appointments, plan vacations, take the car in for service, figure out what the kids are going to do after school, organize playdates, etc. (and let's not pretend that etc. is just a few more things, we all know how involved parenting is), so that I can focus on work. I think that's fair, and DH agrees.

He and I both know that when you have kids and you work this much, something has to give. Maybe it's a more peaceful lifestyle, maybe it's time with your kids, maybe it's the ability of both parents to be gunners. So far, what has given is my career. When DH gets a 9-5, I will dive back into work, something I look forward to! However, first he has to find a new job.

We have one kid in public school (at a coveted lottery) and I homeschool the other one. It's an ideal school situation. If public wasn't working out, for any reason, such as not getting a good education, mental health struggles, or inadequate support for special needs (both kids have pretty serious ADHD), I would advocate for our kids to go private. And since my husband actually respects me, he would do it. [/quote]

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