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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As long as DH keeps paying the bills, who could possiblly regret retiring at 28!  And it's even better than normal retirement because it gets better over time as the kids get more independent and art in school.

Now talk to SAHM who's DH left them or ended up with illness or career setback, They might sing a different song.

But honestly, [b]most SAHM never had that great a career anyway, even the lawyers weren't on track to be partners and would have ended up as some GS lawyer or in-house lackey for a career focused GC.[/b] [/quote]

Most SAHMs I know were teachers, HR, assistants, random marketing jobs etc. so yeah there was only so much career growth and money to be had and it wasn't worth it when rolling out of bed and going to yoga was an option. But I wouldn't generalize that all female attys who aren't partner track fall into this role; there ARE attys -- male and female -- who want to be GS attys or in house, even if not GC. Not sure why you'd consider an in house atty at an investment bank making 300k to be lacking career focus - just bc she won't likely be GC. [b]I know the kind of female attys you're talking about -- got good enough grades to go to a top law school; got a firm job; WHINED their way through their junior associate yrs focused on either getting the law school or law firm boyfriend to propose; and once the ring was secure -- time to step back to "help" his career -- i.e. push HIM to make partner or GC while they hang out in yoga pants. TONS of those types running all over Bethesda and Arlington during the day. [/b]But tons of non partner track attys are still doing decent things in jobs that are coveted.[/quote]

OMG THIS. Tons of this at my biglaw firm. They washed out pretty quickly though -- 1-3 yrs typically. No one wanted to work with them, nor did they want to do the work. It was all about being able to say they were an attorney and consequently being able to get with the right "type" of life partner. Once that was done, they were out thankfully; or if that didn't work out, they were still out -- but to the types of jobs that people with top degrees really don't aspire to -- these weren't the in house investment banking or AUSA types.[/quote]

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