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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I SAH and those were the most cherished and special years of my life.  The emotional cost and strain of working with young kids was not worth it. The dooms sayers were not correct. I hopped back into work at a higher pay than I left. I'm not making more money than I ever could have dreamed.

I'm so grateful for those early years. Our stress levels in our home were so low. I applied thr business principals and habits I had learned at my career into running our home. I also just loved being with the kids and being able to have that bond and raise them the was I wanted to aND to experience every milestone.

I feel like  I have it all. I had those formative years and now have a great career.[/quote]

I'm NOW making more money that I could have ever dreamed.

SAH is not premanant. And so what if I lost 7 years of 401k? My kids are worth way more than the 140k in retirement I missed out on. Plus considering the salary I did work up to after opting out, it's a drop in the bucket.[/quote]

My investment in my kids when they were babies was bigger than my investment in 401k. I value experiences over things.[/quote]

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[quote=Anonymous]My investment in my kids when they were babies was bigger than my investment in 401k. I value experiences over things. Since my family is rich, I don't need to worry about money so I can brag about how great my life is. Unfortunately, I don't have any empathy for other people who clearly make much less money than me, and for whom the financial part of the decision is much tougher. Tra la la....[/quote]

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Rich-lol! We were living on 95k/yr and in 900sq feet of house. I returned to work because we were not rich  why would I have worked when I would have netted NO INCOME simply to fund a 401k? My 401k comes second to my kids. We all pick our priorities. The decision would have been a tougher one if my income was much higher.[/quote]

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