My salary is $140k, my wife is $130k. Mortgage + utilities is $3200/month. We have a newborn and maternity leave is coming to an end. Wife is thinking about being a stay at home mom, which I wouldn’t mind and would be happy to support this. If she continues to work, we have to pay $2000/month for daycare. Any advice from folks that had to go through this? My future career growth has a much better outlook as well (promotions, salary increases) and I have way better benefits, work life balance, and better 401k match
>>61854383"Stay-at-home mom" has the highest divorce rate of all female professions.
you can't marry $130k
>>61854383See if she can go back part time.Even just 2-3 days will save you tons of money.Ask your parents for help with looking after the kids, they're family.l
>>61854459What did he mean by this?
>>61854383Let her stay at home and post-nup the shit out of her with your lawyer.
>>61854383I told my wife to quit when she got preg with our first. She only made like $60k though. Nice to have some extra money but imo it's not worth having daycare kids. The monetary cost of daycare is one thing but the cost to the kids is not quantifiable.
>>61854477Thanks. I think part time is out of the question for her position. I live 16 hr drive from both sides, we moved upstate for my job. Not a lot of prospects near my hometown with what I do
>>61854383wouldve been better ro save money for an illegal russian surogate
all of u are mossad agents
>>61854383>We have a newbornyou'll lose your job and she'll take everything in the divorce. sorry you fucked up.
Can't your parents or grandparents help raise your child?
>>61854565kek don't hate the player
Man you gotta be a gigaretard to not be able to raise a child on $140k
imagine giving birth to a kid when you are a wagie and you have a mortgageman wake the fuck up, you are just providing more meat to the grinder
>>61854383Is that 130k for the wife a one time fee or annual? Assuming the former, otherwise you'd only have 10k left over. When I was paying a college girl for a gfe, it was only 800 per week, which included a week night, a weekend day/night, and texting.
Go with Stay At Home Mom. It's better for your children. Be aware that it's tough for some mom's depending on the kids difficulty level. (some kids are brats and some are angels) So, be sure to say nice things and pick up slack where you can if she's having a tough go. The first year or two are the toughest but you'll be raising kids that won't resent you in the future and won't have some sort of trauma/molestation at "day care". Remember you decided to have children so you're decision making should be with their best interest. On know you're on biz but money isn't everything. Time is more valuable and time with your children is exponentially more valuable.
