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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went from part time (0.8 FTE) to very part time (0.2 FTE) with similar incomes to you and your wife (I made a little more, but we were getting rid of the nanny), and it has been amazing for our family.   First of all, DH has been able to be more flexible with his hours, and he got a promotion of sorts that increased his income enough to make up for the loss of my income.  Secondly, it’s been really nice to have the extra time.  With children and two working parents, I felt like we had no reserves.  It was sort of like living with no money in a savings account.  Yes, we could make our schedules work as long as everything went exactly as planned, but a car wreck or a kid in the hospital for a day or two was a complete disaster.  Even a flat tire or a bad head cold could throw us off.  Or god forbid someone have a birthday.  Now that stuff is no big deal.  If a kid is sick, they just stay home.  If DH is sick, then he comes home from work and goes right into bed.  If the car is being repaired, then I don’t have a car for a day or two.  
For example, DHs mom was recently put on hospice care, and he has been talking to her most days and flying out every month to see her for the weekend.  He wouldn’t have been able to do that if I wasn’t home to just handle everything with the kids (or it would have been a really big deal anyway).

I think there are a lot of benefits to having a SAH spouse.  I would be the working spouse or the at home spouse, but I would not go back to having two working spouses.  Not while we still have kids at home anyway.  [/quote]

OP: thank you. Very illuminating. [/quote]

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