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Really? I think they're lucky. It's like retiring at 27. I'd love to not work. There are aspects of my job that I like but if they stopped paying me, you better believe I'd stop coming in.[/quote]

+1.  I retired at 40 to SAH.  I worked like a mule all my life and now I have a life of leisure that I had never imagined having.  I also was working for money and I was a worker bee in corporate America.  If I was a doctor saving lives, I would have reconsidered my decision maybe.

As it was, when money was not the consideration for  working, I quit.  My DH still works because he likes his work and having me at home frees him from obligation at home. He can walk through the door in the evening and he does not have to roll up his sleeves and pitch in.  I have continued to employ house cleaners etc, because house work is not my forte but house management is.

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I am still working like a mule at 52 even though I don't need the money. I'm sure you tell yourself your DH likes to work to rationalize you not working.[/quote]

I'm a husband in this situation:  work hard while wife stays home even though kids are in elementary school. I don't mind it one bit. The thing is, we married right out of undergrad and she was around when my first job was for an amazing $30k/year. After I climbed the corporate ladder and started making more I decided to go to law school. She worked her ass off to carry the household while I was back in school. She also worked her ass off while I did my stint in big law and wasn't around much. Then, when a client asked me to leave the law and jump into investment banking she was supportive through that.

Over the years she's carried her fair share and she runs a tight ship at home. We've both worked hard to get to this point and now that things are such that we don't need a second income, why add the stress of a second job?  It's not like I'm going to take a less demanding job if she goes back to her six figure job. [/quote]

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