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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What if you give up your career after a decade to stay at home, and this enables your spouse/SO to have his career take off and accelerate as you follow him with the kids all over the world for the next fifteen years.  At the end of which your spouse/SO is earning many, multi-millions.

No way can a man (or woman) who has not worked in more than fifteen years get a job in their late forties that earns anywhere near $100k, much less the multi-million dollar lifestyle in which they have lived for at least a decade.

In those cases, the stay-at-home spouse often is awarded generous alimony for many, many years.[/quote]

I think this is what people hope for but really long term spousal support is not typical. It's not that there isn't money to the family because child support can be quite generous. But often little more than that is available. This is why things like pre- and post nuptial agreements can be so important when one spouse is taking a career hit for the good of the family. [/quote]

Agree. Also, the scenario above is not applicable to the OP. She's working, she just doesn't consider her work "stable". She can stabilize it in three years.[/quote]

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