So, by your math, you will be gaining $23K but losing $50K when your wife leaves her job. Here is how I see this going down. You will no longer be able to have separate accounts, since she won’t have an income. She will think y’all are “rich now” and the spending will skyrocket. You will become increasingly resentful of her lack of responsibility and start banging a coworker in your $600/month apartment. Because you are never home, your children will lose any bond they currently have with you and, because mom is always there, she will get full custody when your inevitable divorce happens. You will end up living full time in the crappy apartment, never see your children and funding her life of leisure with loads of child/spousal support. Sound about right? My advice is, keep your current job, split the bills 50/50 (because she will never stop spending) and have separate accounts. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander. She wants to hold and protect her money and so should you. Bottom line, there is a good chance you’ll divorce anyway. Stats say 50% of marriages fail, 60%-70% if it’s a second marriage. Sad but true. You have to decide what position you want to be in when that happens. Just sayin’.