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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not the ones that are working hard for it. Sure for the ones that inherited it. Money makes life easier - unless the trade off is your time. [/quote]

+1.  I have a few friends who make a ton of money but rarely see their kids and seem to work nonstop.  I have even more friends with husbands who make a ton of money but they are NEVER home.  I do not envy that.  But family money or the rare huge salary in a cushy job, yes, for sure.  [/quote]

That’s a good point ... I have two friends who are SAHM’s, one married to a Biglaw partner, the other to a higher-up in consulting. Big $$$ jobs and the dads are basically never home and also travel for work a lot. Now granted - they have a high income so the SAHM is able to hire out for this and that. Cleaning services, lots of babysitters and mothers’ helpers, meal deliveries, etc. [b]But managing all that - ensuring that one of your babysitters can come last minute when your husband gets called out of town but you have an evening PT conference or some other obligation - is stressful in and of itself.

[/b][i]So do I wish we had more money? Of course! But I’m also happy I get to see my husband (a GS-15 fed) on evenings and weekends, and that he likes his job, and gets to do his actual work without having to get into the politics of “supervising” or project management. Everything’s a trade-off. [/quote]

That's too cute ;-) The only thing more stressful is same scenario, but you are not SAHM with high HHI.[/quote]

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