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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How much stress are we talking? Moving to a manager position with 5 reports? 20 reports? Going from 40 hours a week to 60 hours a week?

If we're talking sizeable amounts of stress like 60 hours a week, I guess DH and I are pretty simple folk because I'd say $200k is preferable than messing up our current family dynamic. We are in the DC metro region, and we're comfortable with two kids.

For small amounts of stress like a few extra people to manage... suck it up buttercup and do it![/quote]

OP here. The new role would include a big business development component (which I think my DH would be really good at FWIW) with the upside being a significant portion of new business brought in. This job would be lots of schmoozing - which DH likes and its comes naturally to him - but I still think will be stressful. I don't think he sees it as a forever job, but wants to see if he can sock away a ton of extra money for 5-10 years THEN take a cushy lifestyle job, rather than doing that now.[/quote]

I think this type of stress is okay. All high level work is stressful to some degree because at that level, you want to do a good job and succeed. It sounds like your DH has a positive outlook on it and is well suited to the new job, which is a big factor. It seems like you, on the other hand, are not interested in picking up more stress. You may want to look into hiring help. With the new, higher income, you should be able to afford house cleaners, grocery delivery, etc. That may mitigate how much of the extra burden gets dumped on you.[/quote]

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