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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just a thought- I guess what it comes down to is earning potential over one's lifetime.  The 3-5 years of daycare may not be ideal to you- but it brought me an advantage.  2 1/2 years into it and I made much more than I had estimated I would have made.  I'm glad I stayed with my career because I had seriously underestimated my earning potential. My career is also my passion- which is something I'd had long before a family.
Like most things in life I don't think it's really quite as clear cut as either you stay at home and live on less or work and don't see your kid and make tons. Just because one decides to work doesn't mean you only see your kid on the weekends because they go to daycare.  It takes effort, but we stagger our schedules and our child is not in daycare 40hrs/wk. We do activities and have playdates during the week, too. [/quote]
I am the poster that wrote this. 
Like others, I love doing things at home as well.  Organizing, cleaning, decorating, baking... I love it all.  I do these things, too. I find it relaxing (and sometimes my friends think I'm crazy). We almost always have dinner at home as a family- even if it's a crockpot meal. We are on a budget so some of those things save money also. I sometimes feel like a homemaker- even though I work outside of the home full-time.

On that note- I refuse to work more than 45-50 hours a week.  I just don't.  I also try really really hard not to travel- I know without a doubt that would kill me. Because of those two things - I don't work at the "internationally renowned" company anymore.  That is fine- and a perfect tradeoff.  I have a friend who does.  She travels 3x/week or more... her child gets picked up by a sitter everyday from daycare, when all the other working moms are at the park with their kids after work- hers is with "Miss So-and-So", she's usually never actually "present" when you're having a conversation with her and rarely makes eye contact (she's usually vigorously emailing or texting work).  I feel endlessly sorry for her kid- who is craving attention and time with her.  Her HHI is more than mine but to me- no amount of money is worth that much time away from family.

I guess this was to say it's all a little push and pull.[/quote]

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