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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What if the person decided to take a break to travel? Would the approach be the same?[/quote]

Most people don't take several years off to travel.[/quote]

How does this answer my question?

DH has a couple friend who just took a year off of work to travel the world and TTC in the process. We're so happy for them. (They didn't tell the TTC part to anybody but us, not even their parents) but she was kind of scared about the impact on their careers. The husband said SCREW IT, WE'VE WORKED HARD ENOUGH FOR TOO LONG TIME TO RELAX and I told her that she'll have a lot to think of if they indeed get pregnant in the process... They're on month 3 and just finishing Europe. Next step is a cruise in Greece and they're heading to Asia. Their FB pics are breathtaking![/quote]

[b]Hopefully they will still have a LOT in savings before the baby arrives...[/b]

To answer other posters, no, someone taking 1+ years off to travel is huge red flag. It would possibly indicate that they are young and already burnt out or hate their current life and not as committed or responsible as other people. College students travel the world for years on end, not adults. And I say this having met many older adults traveling the world (I was working and traveling) - most seemed extremely lost. Different story for people who took job opportunities to see the world.[/quote]

What kind of comment is this? LOL You should extremely jealous.[/quote]

Not the PP, but this is a very practical comment. Babies are expensive, FYI; and if you're not working to earn money, then you have to wonder where the money to raise that child will come from.[/quote]

Hey sweetheart, this folks are taking A YEAR BREAK TO TRAVEL THE WORLD... do you think they're stupid teenagers who can't do financial plan? They're not backpacking to Europe to run away from college... They're both successful professionals[b] who believe their career is not more important than their relationship and family.[/b] I guess they have that small detail figured out already.

What a bunch of envious people! Geesh![/quote]

But how does that SHOW they are responsible and committed to a prospective employer? It doesn't...

Since the other person posted a follow up - of course they can do it with family money, being European, and starting a business. None of those 3 things were posted in the original question - the question posed was if it was taking a year off to travel vs SAHM would it be considered the same by an employer. It absolutely would, they both count against you (unless with travel you were straight out of college).[/quote]

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