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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Thanks to everyone for the input.  Honestly, it's what I've expected to hear.  We are in a fork in the road as far as the future so this was helpful.  DH is likely a shoe in for partner (although I certainly know there are no guarantees in life).  We plan to buy our dream house in a few years, so this would hopefully make that easily possible.  However, he has also been contacted by a couple of government agencies that are interested in him (he does a very specialized area of law that is a hot topic right now).  So we shall see what lies ahead.[/quote]
DH and I were both biglaw partners. Here's an observation:  if you buy the "dream house" and a couple of nice cars and send a couple kids to private school, it may be nearly impossible for your DH to ever leave biglaw. [/quote]

THIS is the reason we've observed so many of our friends who started out in BigLaw young become miserable.

You come out of school making $170K. You buy an expensive 1 or 2 bedroom flashy condo.

A few years later, you get married or move-in with someone or buy a bigger house. Maybe you rent out your flashy condo.

You keep adding to the pot, keep accumulating expensive things, and with that comes a lifestyle that requires maintenance in the form of hefty payments.

7-10 years down the road you either make partner and are satisfied. Or more likely than that you're pushed out and in a bind or you're really miserable and can't stomach the thought (or bear the logistics) of moving, selling, sending your kids to a different school, or driving a different kind of car.

It's a trap for many, and it's a bad one to get caught in. [/quote]

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