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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am someone who married and had kids late.  I worked for many years and had an interesting and challenging career.  It was high pressure and exhausting.  I loved it but I hated the lifestyle.  When I had my first child at 40, I decided to stay home.  It hit me one day at work that I could be hit by a bus and they’d just assign my projects to someone else.  I, like everyone else, was dispensable. That’s when I decided I to give my energy and attention to something that would actually matter more - my child and family.  I am glad that I had the opportunity to have a fulfilling career, but I am also grateful that I got to decide when I was ready for a different chapter.  [/quote]

Whew, I relate to this. I did something very similar. I also have a friend who had kids at 22 and 24, and then went back to school when they were in middle and high school and got her PHD right around 40 and now has a pretty amazing research career.

There are many paths, and the liberation of women from a strict expectation of marriage-kids-homemaking (plus denial of basic economic participation like owning property, having checking accounts, etc.) has made many of those paths possible, including mine.

You can still become a SAHM and a house wife if you choose, and there are men who are looking for women to do that.[/quote]

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