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[quote=Anonymous]Okay, so skipping like 40 pages of arguments, I’ll just answer the original question: I’d say at home in a heartbeat if I was secure enough to do so.  Unfortunately, I made stupid financial choices in my 20’s and 30’s and i am way behind on any kind or retirement savings.  DH’s and I have a very shaky marriage and I can’t count on his (he’s made bad financial decisions as well and has just a federal pension) so I have to keep working.

But if I could?  Of course I would.  Life is so short.  Just this month at home with my 6 year old, even though I’m actually working more at home than in the office, has been amazing.  I was able to take a couple of days off before the stay at home order and take him to some national historical parks and we both learned so much.  He’s read way more and we read so much together.  We camped in the back yard.  I don’t wake up every day dreading work and every night de-stressing.  I hate my job.  I hate losing so much time with my child.

But that’s just me.  If I loved my job?  I’d be happier doing a job.  But I’m a lucky late in life mom and there’s nothing I love more than being with this kid, learning with him, raising him.  If I had the money, I’d buy a smal RV and spend a few years road schooling him before middle school.

I’ve accomplished a lot professionally.  He knows that and is proud of me.  Someday I’ll publish some books.  But for now, man, I wish I could do this full time![/quote]

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