ivinsfan
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Thank you. This summarizes the question nicely. Is 4.5 years of my life worth $600K + $35K*25 = $1.5M (assuming I live to 78).
The challenge in answering is that it's not 4.5 years where I can do what I like. I'll still have to pick up and drop off the kids, take them to football practice etc. And those of you with teenagers know, they aren't the adorable fuzzy things they were at 5. I would pay $1.6M to experience those years again! I love them, but ...
My comment is you don't have to make the entire 4.5 years, you can go as long as you want and if you wake up one day and hate it, it can be over.
Would life in general be easier if one spouse quit? I suppose it would be your spouse because of your pension issue. The at home spouse might take over more teenage running and or cooking house cleaning meaning the working spouse has more time for fun.
It's nice to have lots of choices.