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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How much $$ do you feel your partner would have to make for you to feel comfortable giving up your job?[/quote]

It's not just how much my partner would need to make, it's how much in assets I would be guaranteed if something happened to said partner or we divorced.  That would need to be a hell of a lot.[/quote]

Well there is life insurance in case of death, and a legal agreement in case of divorce. I don't worry about the latter. I think we'd need partner's income to be at least $300K.[/quote]

Yeah, no.  It would need to be a sizable life insurance policy, we'd need outstanding disability coverage and, for me, a post-nup.  There's no way I'd assume fairness in a divorce, even in a "rock-solid" marriage.[/quote]

You could get all of these things in an afternoon.  It seems crazy to keep a full time job because you don’t have these things in place.  [/quote]

And yet, so many SAHM don't have them...

(Also, no, you can't get those things in an afternoon, not decent policies and a post-nup.  Get real.)[/quote]

Hands on time getting these things is a few hours.  Maybe they take place over a month of back and forth phone calls, but it’s not difficult.   And they last for decades.  [/quote]

Ok  sounds doable! So how much $$ does breadwinning partner need, for dc area?[/quote]

To buy life insurance?  Or to support a family?  [/quote]

Support family and pay for college[/quote]

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