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re: Early retirement- househusband beta move?
Posted on 7/25/17 at 8:10 pm to deeprig9
Posted on 7/25/17 at 8:10 pm to deeprig9
Semi-retired now, wife following new endeavor, hopes to become certified personal trainer...don't believe that will generate too much income but as a pre-school teacher for many, many years she didn't make much.
We live a pretty conservative lifestyle and as long as we can do what we want, to include purchasing things, when we want I have no problem with early or semi retirement...what I do for a living is not who I am, got off that dead end thinking about fifteen years ago
We live a pretty conservative lifestyle and as long as we can do what we want, to include purchasing things, when we want I have no problem with early or semi retirement...what I do for a living is not who I am, got off that dead end thinking about fifteen years ago
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Posted on 7/25/17 at 8:13 pm to wfallstiger
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..don't believe that will generate too much income
actually there is a field that might generate her some, hmm, hmm, income
Posted on 7/25/17 at 8:18 pm to 777Tiger
oh my....
Posted on 7/25/17 at 8:26 pm to wfallstiger
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Semi-retired now, wife following new endeavor, hopes to become certified personal trainer...don't believe that will generate too much income but as a pre-school teacher for many, many years she didn't make much.
One of my friends had this exact scenario and it ended with their divorce because apparently she was having a midlife crisis and started fricking other dudes.
Teacher gets tired of job, becomes personal trainer, end of marriage.
Just giving you fair warning.
Posted on 7/25/17 at 8:29 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
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I think a good angle is your negotiating power goes up in some ways when you don't need the money.
Hey, I want to work 4 days a week or work remotely.
No.
Ok, bye.
I planted that seed today with my boss. That's how I got this job to begin with, three years ago I quit. I didn't need the money, had something else great lined up. They said name my price. So I gave them a frick-you price. They matched without blinking, with a promotion 2 steps up.
It's true, when you don't care, it works in your favor. With employers and women.
Posted on 7/25/17 at 8:30 pm to deeprig9
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It's true, when you don't care, it works in your favor. With employers and women.
yes sir
Posted on 7/25/17 at 8:40 pm to PrimeTime Money
You realize Bill burr married a big nasty monster who made him her beta bitch immediately, right?
Posted on 7/25/17 at 8:42 pm to deeprig9
I hate housework and spend what little me time I have boozing, so I'd get dropped real fast in any scenario where my wife was working and I wasn't.
Posted on 7/25/17 at 8:44 pm to deeprig9
I would never be a stay at home dad. I couldn't deal.
Posted on 7/25/17 at 8:48 pm to deeprig9
i could never be a "househusband" or stay at home dad.
Posted on 7/25/17 at 8:49 pm to Jorts R Us
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I would never be a stay at home dad. I couldn't deal.
My ex wife's dad pronounced himself retired at age 46, never went back to work. Stayed home every day working around the house or on his camp. Didn't do housework and all the kids were grown. His wife continued to work for another 14 years.
Smart man.
Posted on 7/25/17 at 8:51 pm to deeprig9
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How much would your wife have to make in a highly stable career for you to say frick it, I'm not going to work anymore, I'll do light housework and raise the kids.
Not that much...
Posted on 7/25/17 at 9:07 pm to Jorts R Us
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I would never be a stay at home dad. I couldn't deal.
Understandable. But during the wife's last years in med school, I was basically the primary caretaker of the kid anyway, so not a transition really for me. He'd still do part time daycare, learn ABC's and shite, and on nice days we go fishing and watch movies and eat McDonalds. He's just getting to fishing age. Just the one kid.
The days he is at daycare I would do lawn care, projects, light housework, personal trainer preferably a blonde, bill paying and paperwork and meeting the exterminator or the maytag repair girl, etc.
I'm trying real hard to find a downside, other than wife eventually becoming resentful of her new role as Queen even though she's all Girl Power etc.
Posted on 7/25/17 at 9:13 pm to biohzrd
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Who's Jamal??
Exactly....
Posted on 7/25/17 at 9:16 pm to deeprig9
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But during the wife's last years in med school
Subtle brag. Jk. I did the same thing and got me one of them lady doctors too. Good catch baw.
This post was edited on 7/25/17 at 9:17 pm
Posted on 7/25/17 at 9:36 pm to LCA131
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Keep this in mind though, 100k would go a great deal further if the man were running things at home.
The following statement would rarely be made: "I know we didn't need it, but it was on sale".
But the Harbor Freight catalog and the Bass Pro catalog will keep coming.
Posted on 7/25/17 at 10:44 pm to deeprig9
I am planning on teaching and taking care of the kids on the farm. I don't care if the future wife works or not, really.
Posted on 7/26/17 at 8:08 am to deeprig9
Beta move my arse. That's the ultimate alpha move, let her bring home the money.
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