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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP.  We were able to buy a nice little home in the Chicago suburbs for just over 150K.  So less than 2x our HHI.  We could probably swing it for me to work half time except, and its a BIG except, I would not get my full pension cause I wouldn't have enough credits.  We save 20% of our income on top of our pension contributions, but it wouldn't be enough to live on in retirement without the pension (Illinois teachers don't contribute to or get social security, so the pension is a huge deal)  The other thing is if you go half time, you have zero seniority.  This means every year I'd get riffed and not know until possibly August if I have a job to come back to.  I can't have that kind of uncertainty.

We keep our expenses as low as we can, only have one car, and don't really go on vacations.  But we want to help our kids go to college and life is expensive here like it is most places.
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It sounds like you've got options but don't want to use them. You could work less but want a.) to put in all the extra hours at work while b.) earning additional money while c.) having seniority stability. As so many have said through the ages, you can't have it all. Since you clearly see your additional work contributions as more important than the extra time you could spend with your kids, why not just own it instead of acting as if you're being forced to put in all the extra time you do at work? [/quote]

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