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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]holy hell - really?  you're comparing yourself to those sahm's in other areas when your sacrifices included no longer leasing luxury vehicles and cutting out $300 in designer bags, etc?

Your message has some merit, but your story just isn't relatable to a HUGE portion of people even in this area.[/quote]

But to the OP, it does, and that is who I was answering to - not then entire DC area.  At the time I was making $110K and my husband $150K.  That is about what she is making now (she said a little less than $120K) and she said her husband is making reasonably more, possibly even more than my husband.  So she is very similar to what I was going thru at the time.

And the $300 was a month was in work clothes, purses, shoes, casual clothes etc...  not just one designer bag.  So yes, I think many women in this area spend over $300/month on attire/accessories for themselves.

SAH is all relative.  Many do with husbands that make less than $100K a year.  Many military moms have to SAH and sadly their families don't make anywhere near $100K most of the time.  But they CAN do it if they chose to.  As long as you aren't in major debt, anyone can if they truly want to.  It depends on where it is in your priority list.   If private schools, bigger homes in affluent areas, nicer cars, clothes etc... come in ahead of SAH, well then you probably can't SAH.  If you downsize your house, give up lots of luxuries, realize the money you would save if you weren't working (gas, clothes, dry cleaning, take-out) then maybe you could do it.   That is all I am trying to show.   [/quote]

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