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[quote=Anonymous]DH and I both work, with a combined (evenly split) HHI of about $200K.  We have a 4yo and a 1.5yo.  Our office - we're both non-Fed gov workers) has a very generous unpaid leave policy, and he and I both took close to 7 months off for each kid.  Which meant we had a long stretch of single income, but no childcare expenses (and more time to prep meals at home, etc, so some savings there).  We've been WFH since March but will have to go back to the office eventually.  We've never actually had 2 working commuting parents with 2 kids, since DH was still on leave with DS when Covid struck.  But it's doable.  We have a daycare that we love, and kept our DD longer than we might have (when other families were going the more structured "nursery school" route) because having 1 drop off, longer coverage hours, meals provided, and holidays covered, made sense to us as working parents.  We're moving our son to a different daycare next year when our daughter starts kindergarten (hopefully in person...).

We don't go out often (so no babysitter, even pre-covid), clean our small apartment ourselves (no housecleaner), but did love to travel pre-covid, and generally found our lives manageable.  We both work full time but our hours are good (generally 8-4 and 9-5 so one did drop off and one pick up) and our work offers a bit of flexibility with sick days etc as needed.

We are absolutely equal parents, in terms of time/roles/responsibilities.  Earning almost the exact same amount helps with that dynamic, too!  But yeah, it's doable.[/quote]

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