If you can afford to stay home with your kids and that's what you want, you should do it.

If you can afford to be a stay at home parent why would you get a job?

Main reason is that I want a career when the kids go to school. My wife makes 4x what I am making so we are fine, but I feel like starting a job now will further my career faster and help us for retirement.

 

Originally Posted by mdshack14

If you can afford to be a stay at home parent why would you get a job?

 

Originally Posted by toddm902

Main reason is that I want a career when the kids go to school. My wife makes 4x what I am making so we are fine, but I feel like starting a job now will further my career faster and help us for retirement.

Understandable. How much longer do you have until you finish you MBA? I would at least wait until I'm almost done to start working again because it'll probably be better for your grades.

Ive been a SAHD for 9.5 months now and have all kinds of emotions.

Some days I wish I was going to work and being more of a "financial" provider.

And some days feel very spoiled that I get to see my daughter grow up first hand and know she is getting the best love and care.

Ive thought about getting job at night, but gotta say..Im pretty drained/exhausted after a day with her..especially since she is much more mobile and needs to be constantly entertained.

I think if its affordable for you to stay at home..then why not. Some sitter..mother in law...hot nanny..will never be able to give your kids what you can.

But..If I have to watch one more fkn hour of Baby First TV..and that damn Harry the Bunny..im gonna kill someone.

And if any of you know who Harry is and VocabuLarry...you feel my pain.

what the hell does ur wife do? sounds like you got it made... altho i probably wudn't wanna be a SAHD unless my wife was Oprah and ther was no prenup so that once she was out of the picture i would still be finacially set for the rest of my life.. u shud take up online gambling...haha gl with whatevr u decide to do...

Well with the current job I don't think that it's worth it to not stay at home with your kids unless there is a promotion or significant pay increase when you finish your MBA. If you are really wanting to work I would really look for something better than what you have now in order to validate not staying home with your kids.

you should stay home at least until they are in school. They grow up a lot faster than you realize and you will miss valuable times that neither you or your kids will get back

[QUOTE=Niceguy;6616373]Because he is a fucking man that's why. I don't care how far we progress as a society a man staying home to raise kids is unnatural and his natural urge was to go "fuck this, let me work" now he's reverting back but that urge will happen again.[/QUO

Most stay at home parents have this urge to work here and there. But its mainly cause of a lack of adult interaction

 

Originally Posted by Popperhead

Money can't buy the pricless moments u have been witnessing

This

Quit asap and be honest. You are doing youself and the business a disservice by staying any longer. Not to mention the kid.

Knock the wife up again and dont look back

OP it sounds like you have made up your mind. Quit the job and go back to what you are doing and finish up the mba.

Phase 1. Collect Underpants
Phase 2 ?
Phase 3 Profit

Seriously tho,

1. Quit the job.
2. Stay home with kids til youngest is in school (or as PLuv suggest, re-insert and make more).
3. Start career, only have daycare/nanny in the summers.

Or, never start a career and always be a stay at home dad. With MBA and a half-ass lawyer you're on easy street with palimony should it come to divorce. Enjoy the ride.

If it isn't something you think you'll want to be doing in 6-12 months, find something else that you like to do. Go to work part-time or telecommute if possible. Working from home isn't bad, but you won't have many face to face interactions. Definitely should not go back to work doing something you don't like, because it will negatively affect your home/family life compounding the problem.

I do what it takes to stay at home and work. Sux working online and stuff but I've been doing it since 03

 

Originally Posted by mdshack14

If you can afford to be a stay at home parent why would you get a job?

think about what really matters in life....this ^^^ ainec, you will never get that time back no matter how successful you are.....also MBA = 50+ hours of weekly work for rest of your life in most cases

 

Originally Posted by toddm902

I also did some math and after paying the nanny and taxes from my salary I will be making in the neighborhood of $5 an hour. I have 3 classes left for my mba and am only taking 1 at a time so I’ll be done in the summer. At this point it won’t even make a difference if I take more classes at a time because one of the classes I need to graduate isn’t offered until the summer.

While it's great that you did your homework regarding looking for a nanny and interviewing 6 of them....did you not figure out any of the above(money issues) beforehand? Imo, if you've stayed home this long with them, if possible(and money-wise, it seems like it), why not wait until the kids are in school/preschool?

sux for the new nanny tho, who just thought she got a FT gig