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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So you have almost paid off your house but still have student loan debt???  Weird. You need a FA.

Also, if you return to full time work, PT medical role would work perfectly. Not sure if you PT at a hospital, so they give you medical insurance?
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OP here - the mortgage loan interest rate was higher than the student loan interest rate, so we decided to try to pay that off first.

I hadn't thought of the medical insurance issue - ideally DH would still get medical insurance even if he works PT, but I'm not sure if he will be able to.

And ideally, I would rather work less than full-time when I return to work, but that might be just a pipe dream.  [b]DH is handicapped when it comes to household and practical stuff (cleaning, laundry, organization, budgeting) .  And if he were to handle childcare - pretty much everything would be eliminated like activities, sports, snacks, crafts, playdates, toys, school events.[/b] He is a good dad, but he has extreme prioritizing where there are only a couple things that are important and everything else is completely unimportant.  So for the sake of keeping an organized house and for the sake of the kids, I'd like to handle most of the house and kid stuff.[/quote]

So he wants to work part-time and then do his own thing with the extra time?  With little kids in the house, student debt, and college tuitions to pay down the line?

You are a way more patient wife than I would be, in this scenario.[/quote]

No, I think he would attempt to do his share.  But he would do it his way.  I wish I was joking about him being handicapped with the household and practical things, but I'm not.  [b]It's partly his temperament (very stubborn) and also some kind of disability.  With laundry, he doesn't believe in separating and will throw wool sweaters in the dryer.  With cooking, he will spread raw chicken juice all over every surface of the kitchen with a soiled rag.  With organization, he has never attempted any kind of organization beyond throwing things in the trash.  With any kind of communication (social, school, whatever) he will ignore unless he is harassed.[/b][/quote]

This plus the wanting to change career every few years sounds a lot like ADHD. The stubbornness goes along with it. Has he ever been assessed?

I would press him pretty hard to go to therapy before changing his career. And consider what might be underlying this discontent. [/quote]

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