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[quote=Anonymous]HHI $220k, two children (one in K, one in preschool)

Preschool - $7,000/year
Au Pair (helps with pickups, drop-offs, date nights, and summer) - $22,000/year

Clothing - I spend about $3-4k on clothing every year, but I'm not sure that would drastically reduce if I was a SAHM.  Presumably SAHMs and their families want to look good on occasion too.

We do all the yardwork, cooking, and house cleaning ourselves.

I agree with others that you need to seriously consider the actual costs of staying at home.  I'd probably still have had both kids in pre-school, so that would be $10-15k a year.  And then I'd want them to do some camps or activities I'm sure.

You'll be eating 3 meals at home and heating/cooling the house all day, plus more playing at home means more cleaning needed.  I know plenty of SAHMs who still have housekeepers come. I enjoy cooking and so make dinner almost every night, but there are plenty of SAHMs I'm sure who don't feel like whipping up a home cooked meal after being home with a bunch of kids all day.  So I wouldn't necessarily assume you'll cut down on going out either.  Heck, you might increase it unless you're really good about packing lunches and snacks for every time you're out with the kids.  And I wouldn't assume you'll have tons of time to do the yardwork either as a SAHM.  So don't necessarily include that cost either.[/quote]

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