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[b]My wife is not interested in being a true stay at home parent. It’s just that she doesn’t want to be tied to a computer and a desk in an uninspiring job and she craves more flexibility and free time. She will likely try her hand at something entrepreneurial, or maybe dabble with hobbies. She’s struggling to find the thing she wants to do and wants the freedom to figure it out. She also wants more flexibility to be with the kids[/b]

Is a huge red flag to me. It sounds like she needs a nice vacation and maybe a more interesting job. I mean, no one wants to be a tied to a computer but that is very different than "I'm giving up my career." The workforce is very unforgiving. If she truly quits her job, it's really hard to go back to any kind of flexible career down the road. Not impossible but it's harder. You lose your network really fast. Doing something entrepreneurial takes money. Sorry it does. Most people who do this keep down a job and do a side hustle until it's profitable, or they go at full force which is obviously really hard if you are a mom and already tired of working.

This just sounds like she needs to find a more interesting job or scale back.[/quote]

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