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I relate as well. My personal life is exactly what I want. We have a home and food on the table, and sadly that is more than a lot of people these days.

I'm very unhappy with my professional life. My job is not rewarding and I'm under paid by field wide standards. I apply for jobs (not as of late because of soon to be baby), cultivate contacts, but I just can't catch a break. My husband is also looking for a higher paying job, and keeps hitting walls too.

Our only debt (aside from mortgage & car, but I'm just not counting that stuff) are a ton in student loans. Schools in PA are expensive, so even making quick work of your education creates a lot of debt quickly. We'd like to pay them down, but just don't earn enough. It's a crappy circle and we are stuck, so quite frustrated. Maybe some day something will break when something we try finally pans out!

I am ecstatic with my life. My husband is amazing, our marriage is fun and very loving, and now we have this miraculous little girl on the way that we're both just in awe of. We are very fortunate to be in a really comfortable financial position and own our home. BUT, my job is VERY stressful and mentally draining. I am in medical device sales, and I make a very good salary, receive bonuses based on sales performance each quarter and also get a company car/gas for free. I have always thought I would be a SAHM. That's where my heart is. Especially because my husband works offshore and is gone 3 weeks at at time, and then home for 3 weeks at a time. So when he's away, I'm basically going to be a single mom, since we don't have family near us.

I would LOVE to quit and be a SAHM, because I'm not sure I can handle the juggle of my very stressful job and a new baby ALONE for 50% of the time. BUT, even though we could live just fine on DH's salary, we basically get to live without thinking about money with my job. Growing up in a household that centered around financial strain, I cannot explain the level of security that being able to live the way that we live gives me. I am scared to give up that security. I am scared to go to a life where - gasp!- we have to budget and not spend without a second thought. And in this economy, it would be just STUPID to walk away from a job like mine.

So although I'm very apprehensive about it, I am just going to have to put my big girl panties on and make it work. Because this sacrifice is for our daughter and her life, not just ours anymore. So that will have to be what drives me to balance it all and keep the household running while DH is away.

Very happy and satisfied with life
Would love to live closer to family though.. But not that close!

I love some parts of it.
I like my job, but I seriously wish I made more money, or had a job that has opportunities to make more money/benefits. Actually I just wish DH had a better job because I want to be a SAHM.
I love DH, but I feel like he is my only friend, I have no girlfriends anymore because we chose different life paths and that makes me really sad that I don't have a girl to confide in (or complain about DH to haha!)
I feel unsatisfied, like we should be living a more exciting social life but DH is a new-found couch potato and I'm so bored. I guess that is life though, no one is happy all the time.

Overall I am very happy with my life. We both have good paying jobs and mine will allow me to work part time once the baby is here and I am forever grateful for that. DH and I have a honest, solid, loving relationship. The biggest strain is that he really hates his job and he ends up taking that unhappiness home with him. I wish he could find something that he loved to do that provided him with much more fulfillment than his current position while still providing us with enough income to not have to worry about paying our bills. I'd be more than willing to give up a lot of the extras we have in our lives if it meant he'd be happier with his career.

I am very happy in my life, however I can completely relate to the money woes. We have been working our butts off to have enough saved for when I'm on maternity leave (aka unpaid maternity leave) and it stresses me out knowing I will not have a paycheck for 8 weeks. Money is always in the back of my mind. But overall I have a great husband, a healthy baby on the way, we own our home, and our families are supportive and close by when we need them!