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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My husband makes plenty, not private school plenty but I'm SAHM.  I wish he didn't. I wish he took a lower paying job and spent more time with us. I actually live the guy and like having him around and so do our kids.  Not saying I wouldn't miss the money in some ways but life is short and I'd rather have his time.

Grass is always greener I suppose [/quote]

Have you considered getting a job so he can get a lower paying one without feeling like he is causing the family a financial hit?[/quote]

Absolutely. I offer all the time, I don't think I could make what I was before I left work and that might make the dynamic difficult when it comes to child care and it's hard to pull the trigger with him working like he does. I think we could live comfortably on 6 figures less though - we've saved and don't have huge expenses - it's just tough to walk away. It's always 2 more years then we'll have more saved... And two years later it's the same. I'm sure he feels pressure to provide but it's also something he does to himself. [/quote]

I never can understand why women can't see the long game. When I returned to work after having my first child I made 55k/yr. 8 years later I just broke 200k and I hardly ever work an hour over 40 and telework 2 days a week. You rarely start out with this kinds of set up, but you never know what you can work yourself into.

I'm so glad I jumped back into the workforce. My Dah has no pressure at all to preform. He does well for himself,  but can laugh the stress off because I'm here to back him up. He can switch jobs, take risks, and entirely switch careers. And he finds time to coach our kid sports. Since we are a two income house he has no problem laying down boundaries at work.[/quote]

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