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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP again. We are not at all worried about finances. I never said we were. My husband and I, together, decided that we didn't need the money so much as the time. We are both selective about our jobs, and are fortunate that we can do that if we want. Money is no issue in our situation, although of course the in laws want to see a balance sheet now that the whole situation has become public knowledge. [/quote]

Okay, now it is sounding more like either you or your husband have some sort of family money.  My guess from the sugar daddy comment from the in-laws all but wanting to see your balance sheet that your DH had in some way benefitted from family money.  Either his parents are comfortable financially and/or they have sacrificed in some way that makes them feel entitled to ask their adult married son detailed questions about his financial situation.

I'm not saying you want to take any job but for someone to be incredibly selective about jobs and not worry about money means the money and support has to be coming from someone else that is concerned about money unless you are in a second career right now and the first was incredibly lucrative. If my guess is on track, you have a different set of issues than the ones you wrote about.[/quote]

OP again. There's no family money. In fact, both my husband and I started off with a lot of (student loan) debt. We both have professional jobs, and, as a result of having to pay off lots of grad school debt, our expenses have always been a small fraction of our combine income. While loosing one income is obviously a significant change for us, we can manage. It's amazing how much freedom you can have when your expenses are low. We are responsible adults with an emergency fund, although we won't need to pull from it, since we can live off DH's income alone. I do want to find work, since I would like for us to keep being ambitious with our retirement goals and so that we have more security and DH doesn't have to deal with the pressure of his job being our end-all-be-all. However, neither DH or I thought it was smart for me to take the unappealing job offer, or to take "just any job" for the sake of an income. [/quote]

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