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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]On I'm Chicago and I saw the exact same post. It was on Facebook. I am inundated in Facebook with stuff about "overwhelmed moms" and it feels synthetic to me. Also lots of stuff about lazy uninvolved husbands which mine is certainly not.
Somebody out there wants you resentful.
I work half time hours and I am happy and not overwhelmed at all. Of course I don't make DCUM money. [/quote]

I am you but I live in DC, so I'm fairly happy and not overwhelmed but I feel like we never have enough money. I do think part-time work and flexible hours is the key, which for me was achievable because I was fairly successful in a white collar job before having a kid. It wasn't too hard to find a situation where I could offer good value on a part time basis and I had the industry connections and reputation to create an arrangement like that. But working part time means I make a third or even a quarter of what I would make full time, because I cannot be in a management position which I otherwise would be. So I get paid as an SME. DC is so expensive. I'm happy with my choices but the financial piece means I'm always contemplating going back full time, and then I look into the logistics of it and think "screw this." And then six months later I do it again.

So maybe halftime hours is the solution but not in a high COL area like DC. My spouse's job is here for the time being so moving isn't an option yet. I often fantasize about moving to a place like Chicago or Denver or Nashville or Minneapolis where our money would go a little further, and wonder if that would make this all easier. [/quote]

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