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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I earn about $100k working full time with a flexible schedule. I don't hate my job but don't love it. There are very few jobs in my field in the DC area. I have 2 young children and really want to be there for them when they start elementary school. I would love for one parent to be able to pick up the kids when school ends everyday. DH outearns me by a lot. He earns about $500k now but could probably earn $700-$1 million if he put in the hours.

Every other day I want to quit my job. I used to be very ambitious but my priorities have changed. My children are my #1 priority. I'm fairly certain I can find some sort of part time work/volunteer work.

Would you quit your full time job if you were me?
Anyone regret quitting your job to stay home?[/quote]

I'd consider part-time options before I considered going cold-turkey. I used to be in a stressful, long-hours job where I thought that it would be much better to be at home full-time than to work, but what I realized is it was the job that was doing crazy things to me, not an actual desire to stay at home. My H earns about what yours earns, and combined, we earn slightly more, but in a million years I would never consider quitting and staying at home full-time. Think about all of the positives of working: you get out of the house and have a life and an identity that revolves around being more than a mom; you can support yourself and your kids if, god forbid, your husband leaves you and/or has a health crisis (I know SAHMs seem never to consider these issues, but, as evidenced by many posts on THIS board, it's a pretty obvious problem); and you keep yourself marketable for when your kids get older, which will be sooner than you think.

I don't understand the posters here that can't imagine why women wouldn't work if they "don't need to." It would be a real shame if everyone that came from, or achieved, some measure of wealth felt they didn't need to contribute anything to society. The choices aren't: stay home if you can afford to, or go to work if you can't. They should be flipped, in my view: go to work if you are achieving something that brings benefit to your family (and that includes benefits beyond financial) or others; or stay home if you have no other good options.[/quote]

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