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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When the title of this thread changes from "Mom's salary" to "one parent's salary," I'll consider reading a single post. What a bunch of BS.[/quote]

And we have a nutty PP, who says she was making 55K and her household was making 95K, so SHE was the high earner by a huge margin, but she left her job to stay at home because working would have "netted her no income."

No one should take financial advice from someone who has kids and then decides to live on 40K a year instead of 95K a year. Or 40K a year instead of 55K a year.

Although at this point I think PP is just making shit up anyhow--one of these people who just wants to make working moms feel bad. [/quote]

You are not reading, probably because you are so outraged that you can't think straight. just calm down and listen. That poster was making 55k, her H 95K, she quit to SAH and then returned to the workforce when her kids entered school. Thousands of people do it all the time and don't end up in financial ruin or destitute. Many are even quite happy.

If you are a working mom and feel bad that she chose to SAH instead of take pennies home, that is on you. She is a working mom now, just like you. My income was always too high to SAH and her choice does not make me feel bad, not sure what your hang up are, but they will eat you alive if you don't check yourself.[/quote]

I'm not outraged and she's not making me feel bad--but posts like that clearly make other people feel bad and it bugs me when people present things with such a rose-colored perspective. Others on this thread have responded thoughtfully -- some decisions have these benefits but these risks, other decisions have these benefits and these risks. Posts that say "I stayed home and am the best mommy everrrrr" just don't add to the discussion, they are just bragging or judgy (or both). [/quote]

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