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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Umm.  Mine never did. He's proud of my career.  And, we don't need my salary (though it's a great one!).

I am lucky I have always had great flexibility/WAH after kids.[/quote]

I know. It’s 2020. All of my female cousins, sister and mother have thriving careers: STEM, law, medicine, finance, etc.

What world do you people live in?  Education and careers are big in my family.

I’m 50 and live in a neighborhood of $1.5-3 million homes and almost all of the women have prestigious careers.  They don’t need the $, husbands make enough.

I love my job.  I’m proud to earn my own retirement.

And nobody can ever walk all over you because you have the means to leave any situation.  It’s power.[/quote]

I know plenty of women in working in law or medicine that ended up stepping back or becoming SAHM because of the pressures of working and parenthood. [/quote]

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Also, a lot of women who originally expect to work through their children's early years discover that they really like their kids and don't want to miss out on time with them before they start school. That's what happened to me. I remember thinking "Why would I pay someone to have the joy of spending the day with my child while I go to an office and do a job that is fine but not wonderful and spend half my day pumping milk and also have to deal with my colleagues gossiping behind my back about whether I've mommy tracked or whatever." I didn't want to stop working forever, but I didn't want to give up those baby/small child years. It made it hard to go back though once my kids were in school, and I certainly never went back to my old high pressure, high pay career. I get why people who can afford it opt out forever.[/quote]

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