My first thought when I read your post was, 'That would be utterly insane to do'. Then I read some of the posts and thought, well, those are good thoughts and those are good thoughts, and....
But, I have pretty much come back to thinking it is insane.
Well, not really, but...
I looked at your picture, you are quite young. If you were 60 years old and close to retirement, that is one thing. As BullDog said, creating a successful business is no easy feat. Do you think you would be able to do it again if things changed in your life? And let me ask you this, if the relationship ended, would you regret having sold your business?
Now, if you said that you had a nest egg large enough that you could be confident with the right investing it would be enough for you/your family's retirement, or if you said that what you can get for the business will grow to meet your retirement needs, I'd say go for it. If you can't say that, I would pause.
There are a lot of sources where you can pull up financial calculators to look at various scenarios. I would consider doing that. Make sure when you do that you also run the numbers as to what age you could retire based on the amount of money you could start investing right now versus the amount you could invest if you went with your "new salary". Bet it is about 12-15+ years earlier (but, I am guessing at your age here).
Just my 2, harsh cents.
P.S. I think for me the big thing is that it is your own business. It is not like you can decide that the lower salary doesn't work for you and you can go back out and get another job making that same amount. It is your own business. Go the route of hiring someone or just simply cut back on the business you are doing.
P.P.S. Bottom line, though, you need to have a happy home life. Just don't make a change that will risk the financial future of both you and your family, based on your partner's desires at this moment in time.
Good luck.
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