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To sacrifice my career for my family

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Flumpi · 02/10/2024 20:04

Long story short, I am training to be a Nurse and DH works for a small private company which my family run. They are going to merge with another company and DH has been asked to be a company director.

he does school runs when I am on early shifts and pick ups when I’m on lates. He takes the kids to sports clubs so I can study.

If he becomes a director he won’t have this sort of flexibility any more and would have to spend a lot more time working. I really doubt I will be able to continue with my training.

it would mean a huge step up in finances for us and we would be able to send our children to private school and move within the area we want to be.

But really love my job and don’t know how I would feel about throwing all that work away. However it would be so wonderful to spend more time with my children while they are small.

AIBU to even consider it

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GOODCAT · 02/10/2024 20:09

If there is a big increase in pay for him, can you use that to pay for childcare? It seems a real shame to miss out to facilitate this. It also spreads your bets as a family, so if the company doesn't thrive for the rest of your lives you have a guaranteed job.

ButterAsADip · 02/10/2024 20:09

Seems a shame given you love it. Will he really have less flexibility, for sure? A lot of the time at that level you can set your own hours and delegate as long as the work gets done.

Flumpi · 02/10/2024 20:06

Realise I posted in chat when I meant to post in AIBU! Will see if I can change

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