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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've been a SAHM for 15 years. Youngest is a high school senior. I have no regrets. Zero. I got to see our kids grow up. We get along well. It goes so fast, OP. Over in the blink of an eye. Once they hit upper elementary, it all goes on warp speed. [b]You only get one chance to raise your kids. There are no do-overs. I'd rather work to improve my own family than slave away for some employer who could fire me on a whim in an at-will economy. Life is about our closest relationships. Work to make them strong and loyal.[/b][/quote]
Sad your husband doesn’t have the sane option and has to be the slave to an employer.[/quote]

sigh - im a sahp but everyone is raising their kids , not just SAHPS, and since my husband has a "bigger" job than I do, I stayed home and I LOVED it but there is a downside. so many of our friends have both spouses with "big" jobs and we make 1/2 their income and all that it can provide in hidden security for your kids when they area adults. right now we can afford the same basic lifestyle and give our kids the tools to succeed but we know that our friends have investment properties and will be able to pay for down payments and larger homes and things just so much. more easily.  I dont really care about their range rovers and rolexes (yuck, would love to be able do business class travel though) but I do worry that my girls will fall into the trap of trusting a man and we won't have the money to bail them out easily if it comes to that. same  with me- I love and trust my husband for right now and enjoy this life but im well aware that it could all go away and I might have to live on a yearly income equal to our monthly income right now.  unless you have enough saved up to create investment income  (that is in your name only) that you can plow right back into a money making endeavor in case it all goes sideways- I wouldn't do it just over emails for a kindergartner.  This is not the time in our nations history.  [/quote]

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