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[quote=Anonymous]Hi OP. Similar situation… DH is super high earner and I used to be in banking myself, but quit when I had kids. Kids are older than yours, though, two in high school and one in middle school. I am in my 50s.

Let me just say, you are in the good years. Your kids are in the middle grades where they’re not toddlers, but not teenagers. You are in your 40s… still relatively young and not in the throes of menopause.

The shit is about to hit the fan. Wait 10 years.

High school is a doozy, in my opinion. My kids all imploded at one point one way or another. Also, your kids play sports, the logistics and time commitment go up versus middle school. Menopause hits hard. That sucks too.

I’m ready for break. Although I don’t know exactly how I will spend my free time when my kids go to college, I am fully intending for my life to be glorious.

Now that a lot of my friends’ kids are in college, I can tell you that although you do have more free time, you are still heavily involved in their lives. Also, they are still home a lot when in college. So there’s that.

However, if you do want to go back to work, a lot of banks have reentry programs. There are women that have successfully entered and navigated these programs. [/quote]

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