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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote] My DH makes slightly more than that range now, and I make about 200K. Even though we could theoretically live off of his income alone, he's always been very clear that he wants me to continue working and thinks it's risky to be relying on just one income.[/quote]

Sure, but if he lost his job, how long could the family get by on just yours? If you couldn’t then how much risk are you really mitigating by working?[/quote]

I'm not the PP and we do not earn as much, but we have based our financial decisions (such as buying our house) on being able to get by on the lower earner's salary alone. My husband's job is facing some uncertainty right now (series of company-wide layoffs) and it's stressful of course, but we know that we can pay the bills on my salary. [/quote]

I am the original PP (DH makes a little under 400K, I make 200K) and this is how we made our major financial decisions as well - when we bought our house last year we wanted to make sure we could pay our mortgage etc on my salary alone (which is very stable b/c it is a gov't job) if something happened with DH's job. To be sure, if he lost his job outright, we would not be able to save much (if at all) but we could still get by month to month. I think his concern is less about losing his job entirely (which is unlikely) but more about what would happen if he made less money at some point (which is entirely possible now thanks to COVID - for sure he will make less this year than last). In order to hedge against that, he believes strongly I should continue working. As I said, I have no interest in being an SAHM anyway, but I did not expect him to be so insistent about it. [/quote]

Smart.  I make $200k and have great Fed health benefits.  DH makes 350-500k depending on project or year.

We always based everything on lower salary.  Two homes in two hot neighborhoods paid off and $3.6 million now.

Neither of us really respect people with zero desire to earn a living or equivalent in volunteer/social work.  Physical attraction is what got us together in our 20s—but perfect credit scores and good careers sealed the deal.  I would never give up my salary or retirement.[/quote]

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