gwraigty
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
I know a few stay at home moms who live in our neighborhood. Lately, when I drive by houses each morning on the way to work, I always wonder: Do they worry about money or savings, do they regret not working... I think I envy them more than the other way around (of course, they don't know about our piggy bank either).
I've been a SAHW, then later a SAHM, since my marriage in 1992. No regrets. No worrying about money, even in the days when my husband didn't make much. He handed over the finances to me and I made it my "job" to made sure we had a surplus every month to save and, later on, to invest. It was easy for me, because my identity was never wrapped up in what I ever did for a paycheck. (I had a 4 1/2 year stint in accounting myself.)
We're both 56. The total of our financial accounts is close to yours, even though my husband still doesn't make what yours makes, and I've not brought home a paycheck in our marriage. We don't want for anything financially. It can be done.