‘It made him very happy’

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Always stress, haste and extra costs. Leonie and Maarten were fed up with the bickering and decided: he would stop working and take care of the children and she would work full-time.

Leonie: “The difference between Maarten’s salary and all the costs we incurred to be able to both work was 500 euros: the childcare, the cleaning lady, the dog walking service. But also: always expensive groceries, because quickly past the supermarket. And for those 500 euros – which we could afford to spare, because I earned well – we were always under stress.

family man

Rushing mornings and evenings, fussing when a child was sick, bickering because we were both tired. We were completely done with it, because above all we both felt that we enjoyed our toddler and baby too little. Maarten had not been so happy in his job for some time and actually wanted to study.

In the end we made the decision: Maarten would stop working and combine the care for our children with a study. I would work full-time, but because I regularly work from home, it feels like I have the necessary freedom.

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relaxed parents

It turned out great: Maarten became a very happy offer hunter. In the evening I could immediately sit down at a set table, where two happy children and a relaxed man were waiting for me.

“Friends joked at first if he got pocket money”

Everything that comes in belongs to us together, we don’t have our own accounts. Friends joked at first if he got pocket money, but now that they see how well this works for us, many of them are quite jealous.”

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