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[quote=Anonymous]OP, make sure you have enough money left over after savings, payments, vacation allotments, etc for you to do stuff.  I mean joining a decent gym or belonging to a club with childcare, having your kids do after school activities a day or two per week and then also do some summer camp.  I am where you want to be and for me, being home all the time has been hard and lonely.  I loved the camaraderie of work.  But I love being SAH and we have a twice monthly cleaner, yard guy, gutter guy, etc.  I am not a maid.  That is not part of the deal.  I do most of the cooking and shopping and "run" the house.  My husband earns the money.  I don't ask for money or have an allowance.  We discuss large purchases and vacations but the than that, I do what I want or need to do.  I am not a "shopper"--you won't find me at Tysons very often.  But I am not going to ask permission to buy things here or there.  And if I had to be home all the time because we were so strapped that my kids couldn't go to after school activities occasionally or camps or whatever, it would not work for me.  Long way of saying take a look at how much money you will have to "play" with after general expenses.  McLean, Great Falls, Vienna SAHMs are not typically living on a tight income.  And... fwiw, many begin to take on part time work or other hobbies because being a full-time stay home mom is just not that personally fulfilling after a while.  [/quote]

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