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[quote=Anonymous]I was SAHM and kind of still am. I started doing PT work around the time my twins (convenient! ;-) ) went to K. (Would have loved to have 3-4 kids. Very fortunate to have two.) They are in HS now and I still mostly do PT (but since i bill at more like a consultant or contractor rate I do ok even PT and I do have some months I do work 30-40 hours/week).

But as far as being sole breadwinner - sure for those years, but I brought the assets - condo that had increased in value $200k in a short time, car, 10 years of contributing to 401k, good skills that could re-enter the workforce. Managed our rental property, avoided paying for daycare. One of the kids also has some special needs that required a LOT of appts when little and that would have been very stressful to balance of both were working full-time.

When making the decision to leave a job I loved, my husband supported me either way. After several years of my being SAHM, he really swung to seeing the benefits.

We are DCUM “poor” - only one home, one car,  decent retirement and 529s. We definitely sacrificed but we loved it. [/quote]

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