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[quote=Anonymous]Two kids, also ages 2 and 5, very happy with every day life but there are moments of many days where I'm silently, internally GOING NUTS (getting my kids to put on winter clothes, etc).  But those are fleeting and our days are, on the whole, very good.

DH and I are both gov workers, moderate flexibility, 7 hour work days with 30 minute bike commutes if we choose to bike vs take the subway.  No real WFH option anymore, if we had that everything would be even better.  HHI is roughly $220K.  We can afford our mortgage and our childcare and have great retirement accounts, so we feel comfortable long term in our finances.

Our house is very small, so it's easy to clean.  The kids are in full day school/aftercare, but we love our local schools and they're 3 blocks from home so that's been great.

DH is a partner in everything.  He's not perfect, I'm not perfect, but our distribution of labor and salary earnings is pretty near perfectly split.

We're all healthy, for now.  No food allergies, no chronic illness, no special needs that chip away at day to day freedom.  We all get enough sleep most nights.

We're close to our extended families but not dependent on them (for childcare, financially, etc).

We feel like we have things so good that we considered a third kid but rejected the idea on the premise that, if we have things so good, why rock the boat.[/quote]

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