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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you work? If so how much do you make? Is your job flexible?

I am the spouse of a lawyer who has a base of $575,000.  Last year he made $725,000.  I work full time in a VERY flexible job making $150,000 and carry all of our health insurance benefits plus I have a really good pension and a lot of time off.

We have 3 kids in elementary school and are very busy with school, sports, kids stuff, etc.  I do the bulk of the kid and home stuff (probably 80%).

My husband is very stressed and is constantly working. I wonder if it would make more sense for me to find a higher paying job to give my husband to option to take a pay cut and into a more family friendly position. For those of you in similar positions what works best for you? [/quote]

I would not try to ramp up unless he explicitly wants to ramp down and has a path in mind that would allow him to do 40% at home.

We make $920,000 and the split is 42% me/58% my husband. I’m hoping in the next 18 months he gets a promotion and it is much closer to 30/70. It is less stressful when you can prioritize one career more instead of trying to keep both careers on a front burner while doing kid stuff.

Our kids are in half day preschool, pre-K, and 2nd grade and despite have a nanny 35 hours a week we’re constantly negotiating whose turn it is to miss work for some child related reason and are so burnt out. Granted, my kids are horrible sleepers and incredibly active and my youngest just turned 3 and we have no family help….but it feels like everything is so intense for both of us all the time..  [/quote]

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