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[quote=Anonymous]Op is in a great position, but she's still allowed to have feelings. Heck, I miss my middle schoolers now when they leave for school and I'll see them by 6pm that same day. They're funny and awesome people with incredibly busy social lives that take them away more and more on the weekends, versus when they were smaller and weekends were all about family time. I get that feeling that it's all going by so fast.

My solution was to turn down a promotion with a lot more travel and a lot less flexibility. Maybe easier to turn down because it wasn't as much money as you're taking about. Compared to my fellow graduates of my master's program, I chose a lower paid track that allowed me to be around home more.

Some days I couldn't be happier and some days I'm wondering if I'm making a huge financial mistake. I'm okay without a big house and fancy cars, but it would be nice to know college was covered and I could help out my in laws and parents more. My family is lucky we have as much fun camping as on exotic vacations because camping is what the budget allows now. I guess at least we know our friends aren't friends with us for perks and prestige. But it would be nice not to have to watch the budget so closely; getting rid of that stress would be amazing as long as we could avoid major lifestyle creep.[/quote]

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