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[quote=Anonymous][quote]If I go back sometime between now and when we have an empty nest when I'm 56, I have to really think about the value in returning to work. At 56 I won't exactly be looking to start a new career. It would be strictly for the added income and it wouldn't be for that long, maybe 5 years? I've never approached working with quite that view before so the answer as to whether to go back or not isn't that obvious to me. Still debating....

At 56, reality check...no one is hiring you unless you want a service job or some other low-level part-time job that the employer finds difficult to fill. So not much to debate[/quote]

This resonates with me. I was enthusiastic to return to a professional job after SAHM but couldn't find anything that would make our life better. I was willing to start-again at the bottom of the pay scale but two weeks off a year? I'm not signing up for that. I now have elderly parents who, though I'm not responsible for day-to-day, I do want to travel and see. My DH, a fed, now has 5 weeks of vacation so I wouldn't be able to vacation with him. Our vacations are very modest, but still ... Fast forward, he has now retired and parents have passed, so, am I going to choose now to return to work? Again, it's about time off not salary. If I could get 4 weeks off a year I'd do it. [/quote]

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