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pookiewook OP t1_j29jnft wrote

Reply to comment by Diligent_Ad1021 in Worth looking for a higher paying job? by pookiewook

We do budget, meticulously. I don’t follow your point that my spouse should take the kids to appointments and I should do more childcare duties? The kids are in full time daycare and before/aftercare. That is about $3,100/mo.

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Keeblerelf928 t1_j2ddmlo wrote

You are paying 3100 a month in child care. Once school starts (as in the kids are old enough) you are going to get a 3100 a month raise for 9 months out of the year. I’m assuming you’ll need summer camp which is still expensive. I personally wouldn’t throw away a job I like when pinching pennys for a temporary expense (which child care is a 5 year per child temporary expense). Fwiw, we have similar incomes, and once daycare goes poof, you get a lot more breathing room in the budget.

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