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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quickbeam" data-source="post: 486588" data-attributes="member: 635">In some ways I can personally relate to your situation...namely, that I'm married with two kids, yet kicking around the idea of pursuing an advanced degree.  Do I want to make things tight monetarily in the short term, for a future payoff?  How would work and school affect time with my family?  Am I ready and willing to apply myself? Overall Marc, I'd say you're luckier than most folks in your current employment situation.  Your wife is likely to find a decent job soon (according to your post); your mother-in-law has acceptable living accomodations for your family; you realize that being happy in your career is important to the well-being of your relationships and sanity.I'd rather not suggest which course of action is best for you (or anyone) to pursue.  Instead, I'll just say that going back to school is very workable if financially and emotionally you have the necessary support.  Your age, marital status, living arrangements, and the number of kids at home won't affect your ability to succeed back in school if you don't let them.  What will have a major impact is constant fighting between you and your spouse if this is not a joint decision.Good luck, and I hope that this helped in some small way <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />.</blockquote>

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