WWYD?

[EarlyRetiree]

If you disliked your job, really disliked the management and could give up and have an income of a couple of hundred pounds less per month than you currently earn, would you?

DH earns enough for both of us and I am only a few years off the age I was planning to retire (early) at anyway.

Yes, in a heart beat. Life is too short.

It would depend on what impact the couple of hundred would have.

If you're happy that you're suitably protected and have looked at the impact on pension etc and you and DH have spoken about how finances will work then I'd go for it. Life is too short to be miserable

DH earns enough for both of us

Please don't discount the fact you may outlive your DH. Sorry to 'talk morbid' but given that women's life expectancy is statistically longer than men's, you need to make provision for what Plan B might look like.

To your WWYD question, I wouldn't want to trust fate that much. I like the security of knowing I've got a steady income irrespective of my (very strong) marriage to DH - maybe my view is shaped by the fact he is my DH2, as my DH1 died young when we least expected it.