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Originally posted by SEC_Chick
My debt adversity has caused me to refinance to a 10 year. I originally planned to only buy this place as an equity building vehicle and move to the REAL House in another 5 years or so, but I know I will never again see a 4% mortgage and don't know if I will be able to part with it once it's totally paid off which should be paid off by the time I am 35ish, if I do stay.
It has caused me great distress lately as the SO and I contemplate marriage. He's agreed to work from home/part time to take care of the chicklets (and I suppose I could pop out 2 before I would absolutely have to move). But, man, it really sucks to be the primary breadwinner. Of course, most of you all probably know that.
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Congrats on the car and bravo on the housing payoff moves. I was afraid (pattern here?) to refi for a shorter time period because I wanted the payments as low as possible in case I ever got laid off -- I figured I would just make extra payments if I wanted to and it has worked thus far. Being the primary breadwinner and female is stressful, at least for me, because most of the at-home duties still tend to fall on your shoulders. Men seem genetically predisposed to coming home from work and vegging out while women get to come home to their second full-time job -- at least that's my situation, YMMV.
