This is my first post so please be gentle! I've been searching for posts around knowing how much to save before starting a family, which I realise is highly subjective. I am in a slightly rarer situation in that I'm a self employed freelancer with a freelancer partner who earns money in chunks, every few years with in idea of when it might come in. Basically, if I stop earning money, then we don't have any funds. We have decent savings but given the nature of my work, I'm concerned that my clients might dry up if I take maternity leave. So I guess my question is to anyone in a similar situation - how did you manage? How many months of runway did you need to make it work? How can you plan for something that is impossible to plan for basically!
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Maya1804 · 14/01/2020 21:27
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