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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I spent 5 years at home following the birth of my 3rd kid. 
I've now been back working for 6.   I make 1/5th of my husband's income.

I need the structure of work.  I got borderline depressed when I was home full time.  I socialized like mad and volunteered but the days still stretched on, one after another and I 
wondered what my purpose was. 
Working has it's down sides for sure but for me it's the lesser of two evils.  [/quote]

NP here. Thank you for posting this. I have 3 kids and youngest is almost 3. I feel like I am lacking purpose. DH earns a very high income and we often say it isn’t worth it for me to work. Vacation time being a problem. I’m not sure I can go back to having 3-4 weeks per year when we just go away on a whim anytime we want.

I would probably earn 1/20 what DH earns. I can’t lean on him at all. I stopped working because I was responsible for all drop offs, pick ups, extracurriculars, sick and snow days and that was challenging when we had just 2 kids. I also let myself go and got chubby. Now I am back to a size 2 and the fittest I have ever been. I’m not sure if I can be that working mom always rushing with no time to myself.[/quote]

Ok, so this thread’s not for you.

That’s not how all working women are, but you do you![/quote]

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