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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He's not stingy. You need a job.[/quote]
LOL, I love how you people think that high earners with SAH spouses do their share at home or could easily if their spouse worked. OP's DH would likely make considerably less money in a job that allowed for him to do 50% of everything for their family. My DH would've gotten zero promotions in his company if he were not able to work late whenever he needed (a few times per week), go in at 7am; not spend his weekends doing errands, shopping, and meal planning; not have to take care of any medical stuff, had to book summer camps, had to think for a minute of his life about his kids' birthday parties or presents, plan a single thing for christmas, do any lawn or house maintenance, etc. etc. He would've stayed making 100k in his job he had when we met. It's a partnership, people. People make these decisions together.

All that said, 3500/mo sounds like plenty to me.[/quote]

Her husband is making $250k. I make the same amount, but as a single parent. I shop, meal plan and cook. I throw birthday parties, and buy gifts for other kids. I decorate and make costumes for Halloween. I decorate for and buy presents for Christmas. I take care of my home and lawn maintenance.

If her husband were bringing in real money (like maybe yours is), I would buy the fact that she is facilitating that. But $250k is a pretty normal 40 hour/week salary in this town.[/quote]

Completely agree. Also a single parent with the same base salary. And I have solo custody. Many women who quit weren’t bringing in a lot of $ anyway (like OP). Or they couldn’t wait to pop out kids so they could quit working. Then they get a rude awakening when they try to rejoin the workforce at an inflated salary. Obviously this doesn’t apply to women who quit when they were at the peak of their career. That’s a different situation. [/quote]

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