How many of you are desiring to quit your job after your wedding?

I love my job and am not foreseeing me leaving. However, once we decide to have children (if ever) I will be a SAHM.

I will definitely be exploring my options after the wedding. I don't like my job to begin with, but it pays well and we are planning a wedding, so I decided that I would hang in at least until after the wedding. The big thing, though, is that FH and I plan on moving and the town we'd like to move to would mean a longer commute for me and I'm not willing to drive over an hour each way, every day, to a job I don't want to be at in the first place. So before we move, I'll need to find something new.

FH has been looking at our future finances and freaked out over the cost of daycare. He said once we have children we might want to consider me staying home. At first, I liked the idea, but I really love my job, the company, and the people I work with! I'm not sure I want to stay home and then try to break back into the workforce when the kids are older.

I left my job a few months after the wedding. I was crazy busy - I was the director's assistant, the office manager, the database admin, the receptionist, the event planner, etc - and my work kept hiring more managers for me to support while keeping me as the only admin staff. I was basically breaking down and getting sicker and sicker from being swamped and pulled in six different directions all the time.

We'd come in under budget for the wedding, and I'd been saving up for a while, so I was able to take about five months off before finding a new job. It was amazing and just what the doctor ordered.

No way. I enjoy the benefits of being a 2 income household.

Oh my god Shannon I am in the same position you had now.

I hear ya, Julia, working the decent job helps pay...I had a job offer last year for 15k more in salary (which I did not take) but I think this time I want something I love to do.

I wish. Alas, we are not independently wealthy and have to keep working. Wompers.

T - it was INSANE. Plus my boss had to take an extended leave (she had a very premature baby who thankfully pulled through okay), and the assistant director quit, and there was essentially no emergency plan. So for months I basically had no idea what I was doing and was freaking out every day. Once my boss came back, instead of figuring out what went wrong and how to plan better for emergencies, she focused on doubling our staff. Without hiring any help for me until the very last minute.

It got to the point that I had a friend who is a scientist at the Max Planck Institute create a proposal for how to clone me, and I submitted that as my self-evaluation for my midyear review. "Shannon saved the organization over $300K in blastocyst maintenance and other assorted cloning expenses."

Erin - have you gotten in touch with PoliTemps about jobs? Depending on what you want to do, they can be a great resource. http://www.politemps.com/

I love the people in my office, and we need the 2 incomes. Years down the line when we have a child, I may consider doing something just part-time if we can afford it.

Nah, I work for my dad and have it pretty good.

My FMIL plans on quitting her job after the wedding, she hates it there.

I don't mind working. I was laid off for a year and it was awful. I was bored out of my mind and had no money. However, I'm applying for a PhD program. If I get into that, I'm only allowed to work 20 hrs a week. So, I will stop working or drop down to part time. No babies in our future, or at least we don't plan on it.

I am def considering the idea of changing jobs after the wedding. I want something closer to home and just other things at the job are naking me consider changing. I am startin grad school in december but still need a change!!

I'm hoping to get pregnant shortly after the wedding. At that point i will give my boss notice that i will not be returning after I have the baby. Then shortly before maternity leave is up I will start looking for a job in a different industry.

I love my job. Not quitting any time soon, especially not after the wedding - FH is still in school and someone has to pay the bills.

Why does it take getting married to make a career change? Why no just change jobs regardless of your marital status?

I am! sticking it out until the wedding, then i will start looking elsewhere. it's a 50mi round trip to and from work, and the 50 cent raises... it's just starting to get old.

I love my job. I graduated college last May and got a "big girl job" immediately after with a growing company and I'm so thankful for it. Plus, we need the money!

I desire to quit my job everyday but unfortunately the mortgage won't pay itself.

I am leaving my job in two weeks, but not to be a SATW (not mom). I am leaving for a better income and a better job. About 5 1/2 months before the wedding.