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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"He experienced the opportunity cost of her not working as well. Her absence from the workforce was an opportunity cost for the HOUSEHOLD INCOME. So, he already paid for that as well."

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This is a fact that is never acknowledged! Instead of them splitting assets from 10 years of him earning $100k and her earning $60k, he only gets half of the assets resulting from $100k. He also lost out on opportunities to take a chance on potentially better paying jobs or taking time out to get more training since he had to hold down the finances singlehandedly. [/quote]

No, in divorces where alimony matters (as seems to be the issue here), the husband is often a highly paid professional spending most of his time in his office. Childcare in the US is so expensive, as is after-school care that most families that go SAHM route figure out that it's not beneficial to pay $3000 for childcare per child per month (standard nowadays). Which is how you end up with SAHMs. It's not like the woman suddenly decided to give up her well-paid job to change diapers. Usually it's a family decision where the husband concentrates on earning income and the wife concentrates on the home front, sometimes the other way around. Generally, husbands are fine with this division of labor (paid and unpaid) when everything goes fine, as after all, it's financially prudent. So in your example sure, maybe the family income would be $160K if both work, but then with 2 children, your yearly cost for childcare is $72K. With 3 kids it's $108K. That's how families decide to go the SAHM route, got it?  You seem to think SAHMs want to be at their husband's mercy with no income just for fun. [/quote]

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