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[quote=Anonymous]SAHM here. Husband in big tech, so probably won’t be financially affected? Hopefully. I’m a SAHM because I worked part time from home for years, then went full time from home, then got let go because of cutbacks and couldn’t find any more part time jobs in my field at home. I guess I’m spoiled from working from home for years, and my part time work really didn’t bring in much money. I just did it to say I did something. It sounded good even though it paid little.

I think have one parent who can at least have a flexible schedule is really helpful, and I’m glad I didn’t have to put my kid in day care. But I also didn’t love my job and my husband makes a good amount of money.

The major down sides for me are feeling useless sometimes. My husband never makes me feel like it’s “his” money, but I liked making my own money. And boredom. My kids aren’t little anymore and are basically self sufficient, so I don’t know what to do with myself.

I think IF you can afford it and IF one parent isn’t really ambitious with his or her career, it makes life easier for everybody in the family. But those are big ifs. And when my kids go to college I don’t know what I’m going to do. Sometimes I feel like I wasted all of my education. I wish I’d picked a more lucrative career that also had flexibility.[/quote]

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