Help! Husband pushing me to find job!
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Help! Husband pushing me to find job!
| Tue, 11-07-2006 - 10:35am |
My husband has just taken a leave of absense from his high paying 80 hour a week job to focus on being home more and finding out what he really wants to do. He is now working 3 days a week at a job he really likes. He always said if he took this job he would find another part time job to supplement the income. I am working weekends and babysitting during the week, but my income is a joke. Our kids are 5 and 3 and cry every weekend when I leave. My problem is this: my husband has put no effort in finding that 2nd job he said he would find and is pushing me to work full time. I want to be a stay at home mom, but it may mean him going back to a job he hates. He says the kids will adjust, get over it. Am I being selfish or lazy for wanting to stay home? Is he being selfish for leaving a good paying job?

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DH and I will both probably end uo working for the gov't, so benefits are covered. Probably retirement too.
"it's one thing to say woh is selfish and irresponsible after children and another thing to twist it to mean *you* are selfish for woh"
I'm sorry, but I don't see any real difference.
~Ghostwriter, M.A.
I know this board has been over this before, but how can a family of 4 like mine save anything if the household gross income is $30,000?
$30,000 total. Subtract:
- $5,000 (federal, state and local taxes)
- $8,000 (rent or mortgage)
- $7,000 food and personal care items
- $6,000 transportation (gas, car payment, insurance, parts and maintenance)
- $3,000 clothes (assuming the family has 2 children)
That's already $29,000.
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