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[quote=Anonymous]I have three kids. I work part time from home making a little more than half of what you earn. It’s less about what you make than how you spend. Spouse and I are on same page about cheapest house in a good neighborhood, not renovating unless it’s actually broken, driving around 10 year old cars, shopping at Aldi and giant and rare vacations where we stay at the Hampton inn. If you and spouse are same it’s a great life I wouldn’t trade my time with my kids for anything! But I think part time work is still important to keep your foot in the door and make sure you both have a back up plan in case spouses job goes crazy. Plus I’m not that into homemaking and like to have some money for cleaning helpers. Here’s a plan for you: keep working but live off one income for a year or two and throw that extra money at the student loans. They should basically be wiped out at the end and you will see what it feels like to sacrifice to live off one income. Then you have some wiggle room to step down into less work. But that may mean downsizing to a townhouse, for instance. For me it would be worth it but your family has to be on board.[/quote]
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