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What if she's fine living on a lower income? You can't make someone work for a lifestyle they don't want, OP. This is my husband. He has a high IQ, multiple terminal degrees, and earns very little in a little business working for NIH scientists. It's maddening that he thinks everything is peachy when all his peers have actual careers and make much more.
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Or, he could get a better paying job.  That is what my husband did.[/quote]

You don't understand. My husband is FINE with this situation. He's been refusing to budge for years. This is why it's maddening.
And he doesn't help around the house either.
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OP can make more money.  Your husband probably has a good income just not good enough for you.[/quote]

I’m a GS15 in my late 40s, assume OP is in his 50s.

How do we magically increase our incomes?  I’ve applied to dozens of equivalent private industry roles, gotten at least a dozen offers and none paid any more than I make now but involved more risk. I imagine if I went into company leadership I would make more, but no traction when I broached that during negotiations.  And of course you have seen many threads about being laid off in 50s.

So I would really like to know how OP can whip up another $40k like that?[/quote]

My husband did not get his degree till 40 and had to start all over in a new career.  He job jumped every two years or so and kept getting increases.   You sound like a bunch of excuses.  [/quote]

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