Wait the internet had me believe Northern Europe was some paradise where you all ride trains to work and get 5 years off everytime you have a kid while living in the house your great great grandpappy handed down to you
This is a pretty common outcome of midlife crisis. That's one of those periods when you actually stare down existential issues. People who can't function without an external order will usually succumb to one of the various active mythologies with a gusto. Abdicate self responsibility and critical thinking to the cult and drown yourself in the rituals and social paraphernalia.
Teaching adults is an option. All the fun parts of teaching with none of the public school system bullshit. He could teach the classes for future educators doing certifications (child development, methodology, etc.) or something tangentially related like ESL. Look at nearby universities or community colleges for adjunct teaching openings. It's easy to teach an evening class once or twice a week to see if it's something he's interested in. At worst make some extra money and remind himself what he enjoyed about teaching.
Something to also consider is if Trump wins he may make drastic changes to the DoE. He has said something's about it. I know my friend got out of teaching because of the regimented rules that don't actually allow it. That could make things better for your hubby depending on why he is in his teaching slump.
I'm a lot less concerned about what my wife makes and a lot more concerned about what she spends. My wife is very frugal and is great at saving money and finding deals, which is hilarious because we are pretty flush (especially with the market this year). She still buys stuff on sale and looks at the grocery store ads. She makes about 1/2 what I make, but we have always had joint accounts since we got married so there's no mine or hers, it's just ours.
I'm not a wills and trusts expert but I would consult one on your prenup death clause. Especially if it is something that has to go through probate, the will is likely going to control. If you did already and its legit, then great. But I would pay a good consult fee to make sure thats working how you want it to work.
Speaking of which, my new sister in law is a sped teacher and her husband WAS a teacher, but he's going to school now to get his masters in librarian studies or something. Totally serious.
Looks like diversity work. Thumbs high.https://www.ala.org/educationcareers/libcareers/become said:
Maybe it's like when I was a kid and you had to take typing to learn programming. The 30 year typing teacher taught all the programming classes.
I know exactly one person that did this path and they make out pretty well considering they're just a librarian.
