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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve always felt like the majority of women who want to SAH hate their jobs or aren’t big earners. I know there are exceptions but that’s how it’s played out in my social circle. I am not at all judging— I think people who want to SAH and can should. [/quote]

+1. And the higher-income ones have workaholic husbands. I simply don’t see many well-educated, ambitious women dropping out.[/quote]

I can’t help feel offended by this comment. I’m well educated. I have never felt as passionate about anything as I do my children. I worked in finance and used to work a ton and earn giant bonuses. To achieve this required great sacrifice. I tried moving laterally and did not enjoy having a job for the sake of having a job. I live in an affluent neighborhood full of SAHMs. The homes in our neighborhood all cost several million and you can’t live here unless you are wealthy. There are politicians, professional athletes, business owners, executives and law partners with stay at home wives. Pretty sure all my neighbors all make seven figures and/or come from family money. [/quote]

Kinda proving my point (and PP’s point) here. If your spouse is a workaholic and you hate your job, of course you are going to SAH. If you don’t have those issues but [b]you are well-educated and ambitious, you probably will stay in your career, no matter how wealthy you are[/b]. (Like me - I make about a quarter of my husband’s seven-figure income but we both have flexible schedules and enjoy our jobs so we both keep working).[/quote]

Strongly disagree with this.  It is kind of sad but almost every female friend from my childhood is married to someone wealthy and isn’t working.  They simply don’t need the money and most people do not consider being a lawyer that much fun.  What’s fun?  Winter ski trips, summers at their beach house, planning and hosting parties etc.  I think someone like PP is biased from living in DC.  [/quote]

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