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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is why we’re seeing an increase of SAHM.[/quote]

I despise the way some people think the automatic solution to childcare costs is for the mom to stay home, like the assumption is that the woman’s income is so paltry that it couldn’t possibly more than childcare costs! [/quote]

+1. Childcare was expensive when we were using it but not even close to my salary. We were still able to buy a house, update it, and contribute to 401ks while having little kids.

My neighbor is a SAHM. Her DH lost his job and has been unemployed for over a year. She hasn’t worked in 15 years and can’t find anything either. They have been living off of their retirement savings (that she’s never contributed to) and she hasn’t virtually no SS contributions. There is absolutely no way I would put myself and my children in that precarious position.[/quote]

My wife made about 30k a year, less than 1/10 what I make. She was an international student when we met and in a field notorious for low paying yet very demanding work. F[b]or some families it really doesn't make sense to have the wife work.[/b][/quote]
I think you mean that it doesn't make sense for both parents to work. Some DWs, like me, earn more.[/quote]

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