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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, you have two little kids. Your wife has a job she hates and feels trapped by. Your fixed expenses (mortgage, at least) are reasonable. You make a lot of money and you save a TON of money. Your wife has spent a decent chunk of the past 5-6 years pregnant/postpartum, and no matter how equally you divide family labor, you cannot imagine the toll that takes on person's body and mind.

I get that you are risk averse, but please consider that your wife is telling you that she needs a break. Your finances will be more than fine and it sounds like[b] your wife has the skills to be quite marketable if/when she wants another full-time gig[/b].

You can make this happen - it will be good for your household and your marriage. 
 [/quote]

Don't lead this guy on, many SAHMs can't ever return to anything close to the field/level they left.

It sounds like they were working on planned early retirement for both of them; this roll of the dice will likely leave her "retired" and him working till 70.  That is the norm for most of us, so it's not really unreasonable, but he should go in with eyes open. [/quote]

I wrote this. I left the workforce to SAH for 4 years and returned to a totally different industry with a more much stable and family friendly job, better leave and benefits, and a 20% pay cut. I got a job when I wanted one. The OP's wife is an attorney who has already made a move from private practice to the nonprofit sector. She is marketable. Unless you are a SAHM who has left and returned to the workforce, I suggest you hold your opinion on whether or not a woman who dials it back for a few years while her kids are young can recover.[/quote]

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