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[quote=Anonymous]It is a tough spot you are in. 68k sounds like a lot when on a grad stipend, and to folks in the rust belt you’d be rich, but in DC it is so little. And the first year on the Tenure track is so intense…you must feel sometimes like a single mom with your husband’s hours.

Hang in there until you can work again—making a Hhi of 150k is a game changer, and DC has so many good jobs for highly educated couples. I mean even a teacher with a BA makes 58k with no experience, so don’t fall into the adjunct trap (if that is what you’re ere referring to by an uncertain job prospect for you.).

I don’t know where you husband works but I’d seriously consider moving to DC for the free prek3 and prek4, which will save your family 100k over 2 years. I think it is a common fallacy that it’s cheaper to live far out—far cheaper to live in DC in a rent controlled 2bd with one or zero cars.

In the meantime don’t be shy about using charity, like free coat drives, food pantries, getting those free meals from the schools if they still offer them, dc diaper bank, WIC, a wider circle, etc. go to free library programs, walk the mall, go to nature centers and the smithsonian, lovely playgrounds.
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