We decided early on that DW would stay home. We didn't want our child being raised by strangers. My wife actually left her job in December 1994 and got pregnant the following month. DD was born in September 1995. DW remained a SAHM until 2005 when she took a job that kind of fell in her lap. She wasn't looking for work at the time. She was at that job for 2 years (it was full-time). She was then no employed until around July 2007 when another job kind of found her, this time it was a part-time position. She is still there, working a couple of days per week. She's home to get DD off to school. She's home when DD gets home from school.
We don't "need" her income, but it is always nice to have. Currently, 50% of her gross pay goes into her 401k. I wanted to do 100% but the limit was 50%.
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Steve
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