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raken40
soooo in love:)
Member since 5/05 4369 total posts
Name: Karen
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When you are ready to start a family, will you be able to stay home?
How will you work out the expenses? Does your DH make enough to support the monthly bills and for you to stay home?
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Posted 5/23/05 6:00 PM |
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Disneygirl
Disney cruise bound!
Member since 5/05 8126 total posts
Name: D
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Re: When you are ready to start a family, will you be able to stay home?
No at all. DH and I pretty much make the same amount so cutting our income in 1/2 is not doable. I'm still holding out for the possibility of working p/t though.
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Posted 5/23/05 7:09 PM |
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MommyofG
just the girls
Member since 5/05 9461 total posts
Name: Janice
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Re: When you are ready to start a family, will you be able to stay home?
That is our plan, for me to stay home. DH makes enough to cover all expenses of the house and more but you never know what can happen. I def want to work though part time after the baby is born my mom wants to watch the baby for like 2 days- but I have to get PG first! my job is flexible where I can work per diam- sp.
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Posted 5/23/05 8:10 PM |
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LMFitz
life is good
Member since 5/05 2013 total posts
Name: L
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Re: When you are ready to start a family, will you be able to stay home?
Currently I make way more than FI, but we should even out by the time we're ready for kids. That doesn't mean I'll be able to stay home, but I want to try to make it happen, at least for the first year or two.
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Posted 5/23/05 8:20 PM |
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Redhead
You Live, You Learn
Member since 5/05 31871 total posts
Name: Jennifer
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Re: When you are ready to start a family, will you be able to stay home?
nope....we need my salary we are looking into child care costs and my mom helping us out
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Posted 5/23/05 8:21 PM |
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TheInfamousOTG
Waiting for Lil' M....
Member since 5/05 3468 total posts
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Re: When you are ready to start a family, will you be able to stay home?
I wish I could stay home.
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Posted 5/23/05 8:33 PM |
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Moehick
Ready for the sun!
Member since 5/05 30339 total posts
Name: Properly perfect™
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Re: When you are ready to start a family, will you be able to stay home?
No, both salaries are needed
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Posted 5/23/05 8:57 PM |
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boosh1002
We like hanging together!
Member since 5/05 5475 total posts
Name: Mommy to twins
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Re: When you are ready to start a family, will you be able to stay home?
I will probably be able to go back part time but we will need the two salaries.
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Posted 5/23/05 8:58 PM |
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leighla
Support Cancer Research
Member since 5/05 16353 total posts
Name: Lauren
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Re: When you are ready to start a family, will you be able to stay home?
Posted by Disneygirl
No at all. DH and I pretty much make the same amount so cutting our income in 1/2 is not doable. I'm still holding out for the possibility of working p/t though.
Same here. I'm looking into teaching and/or working my current job with flex hours.
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Posted 5/23/05 8:59 PM |
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luvsbob4603
To a healthy 2013
Member since 5/05 21840 total posts
Name: To a brand new year to a healthier me
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Re: When you are ready to start a family, will you be able to stay home?
when i am ready to have a family it depends if i cant afford to find a babysitter and if the childcare is so expensive i might have to stay at home especially if i have twins in the future. No I am not pregnant just been told by all psychics i am going to have twins.
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Posted 5/23/05 9:03 PM |
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Re: When you are ready to start a family, will you be able to stay home?
I currently stay home, but things are tight and we live paycheck to paycheck. For now, that's a sacrifice we've chosen to make. Probably within the next few months I'll go back p/t
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Posted 5/23/05 9:18 PM |
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Tany
Becoming a different woman
Member since 5/05 24460 total posts
Name: Tania
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Re: When you are ready to start a family, will you be able to stay home?
Posted by Scotty-CassidysMom
I currently stay home, but things are tight and we live paycheck to paycheck. For now, that's a sacrifice we've chosen to make. Probably within the next few months I'll go back p/t
same here.
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Posted 5/23/05 9:19 PM |
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FeliciaDP
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Member since 5/05 18599 total posts
Name: Mommy
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Re: When you are ready to start a family, will you be able to stay home?
Posted by Moehick
No, both salaries are needed
same here
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Posted 5/23/05 9:26 PM |
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lvdolphins
My Loves!
Member since 5/05 46292 total posts
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Re: When you are ready to start a family, will you be able to stay home?
Dh and I have been talking about this a lot lately! He said I can stay home 3 months. Thats not enough. I think I will go back to work p/t! I dont want to work full time, even though, reality, I may have to. Im going to do the best I can!
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Posted 5/23/05 9:28 PM |
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AJsMommy122
Stop 2 smell the roses
Member since 5/05 2048 total posts
Name: Maxine
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Re: When you are ready to start a family, will you be able to stay home?
Right now I do stay home with our son. But like posted above we pretty much live paycheck to paycheck for the most part.
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Posted 5/24/05 3:31 AM |
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Re: When you are ready to start a family, will you be able to stay home?
I make a little more than DH but he gets to work from home 2 days a week. So he'll be more of a stay at home dad, part time anyway. I will have to keep my job. Plus my benefits are better.
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Posted 5/24/05 8:05 AM |
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WoodIAm
My Boys!
Member since 5/05 5498 total posts
Name: JoAnne
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Re: When you are ready to start a family, will you be able to stay home?
As long as we are living on Long Island, we won't be able to afford to have me stay home when we have a child. Had we bought a house or land 5 years ago, it may be a different story.
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Posted 5/24/05 8:30 AM |
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Janice
Sweet Jessie Quinn
Member since 5/05 27567 total posts
Name: Janice
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Re: When you are ready to start a family, will you be able to stay home?
We will be moving so I will be able to stay at home. DH hates NY, so it works out for all parties envolved
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Posted 5/24/05 10:32 AM |
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BabyAvocado
Happy New Year
Member since 5/05 17334 total posts
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Re: When you are ready to start a family, will you be able to stay home?
No. We prefer and probably need both salaries (I never completely worked it out). We could probably work it so I could stay home (making a lot of sacrifices) but we choose not to.
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Posted 5/24/05 10:45 AM |
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Marybeth222
My Girls!
Member since 5/05 2688 total posts
Name: Marybeth
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Re: When you are ready to start a family, will you be able to stay home?
I went back to work after my daughter. When we bought our house, the decision was pretty much made that I would have to work. However, we made a deal that in 4 years (when my husband retires - he's a detective) I can quit or work PT because he'll get another job to supplement my income. My goal is to work PT. I'd love to be able to get my child off/on the bus and then be home for them in the afternoon.
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Posted 5/24/05 11:04 AM |
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CaseyGirl
Mommy to 3 Boys :)
Member since 5/05 19978 total posts
Name: Jen - counting my blessings...
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Re: When you are ready to start a family, will you be able to stay home?
no
i just posted about this on TTC. I have to somehow make it happen though. I can't imagine not being home at least part time with the baby.
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Posted 5/24/05 11:08 AM |
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RobeyMuse
my little man
Member since 5/05 1350 total posts
Name: Jenn
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Re: When you are ready to start a family, will you be able to stay home?
I am going to stay home. I make about 30% of our household income. Half of DH's income comes from a family business and my FIL already said I could work there p/t and bring the baby to work once we have kids.
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Posted 5/24/05 11:35 AM |
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ChristineR
New Year, New Beginnings!
Member since 5/05 2083 total posts
Name: Christine
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Re: When you are ready to start a family, will you be able to stay home?
My husband and I have already discussed this. It's very important to both of us that I say home and raise our children. He would get 3 jobs if he had to in order to have me be home with them
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Posted 5/24/05 11:36 AM |
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Stacey04
LIF Infant
Member since 5/05 87 total posts
Name: Stacey
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Re: When you are ready to start a family, will you be able to stay home?
I would love to, and DH wants me to also. We will have to see when we decide to TTC what our situation is. We are thinking I will be able to stay home, maybe try some work from home stuff.
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Posted 5/24/05 11:46 AM |
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computergirl
LIF Adult
Member since 5/05 3118 total posts
Name:
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Re: When you are ready to start a family, will you be able to stay home?
We definitely will be able to have me stay home-- we have always limited ourselves in terms of homes we could afford, cars we could afford, to make sure it was doable just on DH's income. So I'm happy we did that.
Problem is, I haven't been able to get pg! You just can't win....
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Posted 5/24/05 11:54 AM |
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