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How long do you plan on SAH? Until the kid(s) go to school? Or longer?
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  • SweetHurricaneSweetHurricane member

    H and I agreed that I would SAH until the kids are in school. What we don't agree on is what happens after that. I want to be a SAHW/soccer mom. I think it'd be a pain in the butt to have to find a new part time-during school hours job every couple years when the Army feels like moving us.

    I'd rather be able to take the kids to school, pick them up, bring them to sports practices, attend their events. My mom was a single parent and I never had any of that. H doesn't really understand because his dad was his baseball coach, and his mom went to *everything* because she gets like a billion days off a year.

    Right now all he sees is the extra money we'd have to buy stuff and go places with. I'm hoping that by 5-6 years from now, he'll be a high enough rank/pay grade that this won't be an issue.

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  • Mom2Mack1Mom2Mack1 member
    Not sure, we haven't really talked about it yet.  I think I'd like to work part-time.  I agree with you on wanting to attend events and sports stuff.  Flexibility would be a must with whatever job I decided to do.

     

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  • RosieBcheeks98RosieBcheeks98

    Hmmm good question.  We have yet to discuss this. 

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  • MrsHollywood1023MrsHollywood1023
    I'm hoping to go to school for dental assisting once we get to North Carolina, unless I'm knocked up again because I don't see the point in starting a 9 month program just to quit half way through.  She'll be in day care then and hopefully if I find a job after.  I love staying home with her and we honestly don't need for me to work but I think getting something even part time would really help my sanity.  Then I'll start working more hours when she goes to school full time. 
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  • kknapp25kknapp25
    i'm hoping to go back to work once the kids are school age. but dh & i have discussed this a lot & we'll just see what happens when the time comes. we both think it's important to be involved in their schooling, their activities, go on their field trips, etc. but i'm concerned that i wouldnt have some of that flexibility with a part time job where they'd expect you to always be at work since you'd work so little anyway. by then dh will have a lot more flexibility with work so he could do a lot of these things...i'm just hoping i can work for the same company to eventually get similar benefits. plus, as important as it is to be involved when they're young, retirement is also extremely important to us so if i can work & help contribute to that we'd be happy.
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  • broccolitreebroccolitree

    I plan on doing *something*.  What the nature of that something is, is up in the air.  I may start doing an etsy-related hobby jobby type thing soon, then move to retail later (for the flexibility of hours).

    H & I have had discussions about this, because we are both extremely lazy people by nature.  H is a full-time telecommuter so he traipses across the living room in his jammies for his commute.  While there is a gray area between FT office jobs and troubleshooting in your home office, we want there to be some kind of 'adults go to work' influence for her, and it'll probably be me.

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  • nsouplynnnsouplynn member

    imageSweetHurricane:
    How long do you plan on SAH? Until the kid(s) go to school? Or longer?

    I always thought I would SAH till all the kiddos goes to school and I would go back to work. Ideally, that would be great but realistically I don't think we could afford it financially. DH and I discussed when we have baby #2, I will go back to work. My mom really wants to retire but she wants to retire when we have baby #2 so she could watch both of the kids. 

    I really want to enjoy the first 2-3 years with LO before we have another one. I'm anxious to start working again but then again I would love to SAH. 

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  • RouensDreamRouensDream member
    I will probably return to work next year..but I have time to think about it..maybe I will only get a part time gig for the next few years then try to get back into the fulltime swing when DS is a little older..not sure yet..

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  • freeatlast2014freeatlast2014 member
    If I never work again, that'll be too soon. However, I'm paying on undergrad loans and loans from my MBA so I really should start to find something I might want to do with a ton of flexibility. I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up (and this is after 10 years as a career woman). I will stay home as long as I can financially afford to or until I go stir crazy.
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