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OP,

We are in our 40s and 50s and have never made anywhere close to 200K individually or combined. When I met my husband, he was earning peanuts as a post-doc at NIH. Research doesn't pay, even when you have an MD and a PhD. It's a labor of love. It saves lives. There are a lot of professions with a higher purpose, and perhaps you could look there for a spouse.

And yet we're living a nice life in Bethesda, because we live frugally and invested wisely in the stock market.

There will be plenty of interested people if you present well and are genuine and charming. Some people on DCUM are crazy, ignore.
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Invested wisely and bought housing at a price that is now unthinkable. Don’t be dense. OP cannot afford a SAHM in Bethesda. I think that’s fine—he can live in Anne Arundel with me—but seriously, join us in the current century. [/quote]

+1. The issue is that OP has to buy a home here, which is extremely expensive. $200K isn't a lot for that and there's a big difference between someone who bought their home 20 years ago now living on $200K and someone who has to buy it now. OP is wise enough to know that sometimes women intend to keep working but then things change after having a child.

OP, do you have a lot in savings? Focus on saving as much as you can and hopefully you can find a partner who also has a bit saved up and has a good salary.[/quote]

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