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[quote=Anonymous]My DH made $150,000/ year when we had kids and I stayed home. He now makes $200,000/ year while I stay home with our two kids. I’d you could find a job making $200,000/year and you cut expenses, you could afford a townhome. Your DW could stay home or you’d just agree to save less during the baby years. This lifestyle does include used clothes, few vacations, and generally looks like a lmc lifestyle, which was hard to adjust to. Most of our kids’ toys were used, even Christmas and birthday presents. No birthday parties until the kid was 4 because they wouldn’t remember it anyway. Free/cheap hobbies, like board games, hiking, and playing at playgrounds. No eating out. It was hard at first, because we both have master’s degrees. We grew up UMC and felt entitled to more. We don’t regret downsizing our lifestyle because we got so much time with the kids. Now that they’re in elementary school, we’re working more. Moving out of the DMV helped, too. [/quote]
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