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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DW and I are debating this and wanted to get some wider opinions.

We are two Feds, both work full time out of the house -- no telework, no part-time, both jobs downtown DC.

With two DC we are always scrambling, and every week there seem to be events or logistics required at our elementary school. There seem like a lot of SAHM near us (close in NoVa) but their working spouse is generally big law or entrepreneur.

Our debate is that I believe the logistics of having one parent 'home' during day dominate even two parent working households.  Maybe some place like Vienna or Rockville or Davidsonville we would find more two mid-level professionals. But I believe you will generally have one spouse part-time or a teacher, working right near the home or having substantial telework days (or even WaHM). Or they live near family who can handle logistics while both working parents downtown.

Numbers wise we are talking 150k -200k income, good public schools. So how do people make this work and where do they live?  Basically kids are in daycare or aftercare most of day and parents don't get to stop in for fun activity of the week.  We feel bad when DC sees our absence while others there, but we live here now b/c it affords the shortest commute.  [/quote]

Is 150-200 each or both of you together?[/quote]

Together. Haha, if I made 200k we would be totally SAHM. Never really thought about money until kids came (we lived simply, 'grad student slums' for a while -- neither of us came from any money so had no inkling what real money means). Where I grew up houses cost 50k so getting close to 6 figures was initially amazing. And again, simple tastes and frugal lifestyle.  But now for kids affording decent family housing with good schools without long commutes,  well that takes real money. [/quote]

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