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Originally Posted by LivingAlmostLarge
You make the assumption that the second income is a high second income.
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True--but even if it is not. If you are used to living off say 30-40K and the second income is $10k--you are still 10k closer to retirement then if the spouse didn't work aren't you? If it is all being eaten up by childcare or transportation costs, etc--then I agree it makes no sense to work that second income. But without those issues it still seems to make more sense to me to bring that money into the household for retirement.