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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve thought about going part time. I probably could. I’m honestly at the point where it just feels like I have no connection to my job—I feel like I’m leaning out, not in, and so much of my mental focus is on my kids and the household…but I hear you about the huge decision of giving up my career. [/quote]

+1. I would like to be a sahm mom for a few years but our HHI is more like 350k without my 160k contribution + retirement. People do it on less, but there’s no way to slice it - you’re losing an income and retirement no matter what your HHI is. At 725k you should be able to fund two retirement accounts, but that’s just me talking on a 500k HHI budget.

If dh made 725k I’d leave my job for a few years. But people could say the same about me with a dh earning half of that- it’s all relative/what you’re accustomed to. 725k is objectively high even in a HCOL area. [/quote]

350K + 40 hrs of additional free time is nowhere near challenging for now our retirement, unless you are extremely materialistic and consumerist. All that empty spending is an attempt to get time back, which you have if you don't have a job working for someone else. [/quote]

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