My wife(30F) of 2 years wants to be a stay at home mom , but i(31M) want her to continue working after maternity leave.

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Here is some background -

I work in private equity so i have to put in around 60-65 hrs a week and my wife is a Pharmacist and works 40-45 hrs a a week . Before the marriage we had discussed about this and we decided it would be better if we both work after marriage and share childcare and household duties evenly . She was always driven and ambitious , this is what attracted me to her. We had our daughter 19 months after marriage and her maternity leave was for 4 months . During her leave i talked to her about returning to work but she was fine with . During the last few weeks of her maternity leave she expressed her desire to be a stay at mom until the kids are in school . I have problems with this because i want to spend around the same time that my wife spends with the child . Even when we both work i spend less time with my daughter because i work longer hours . She says she is fine with doing most of the child care duties when she stays home but i want to be a part of the child's life . If she does majority of child care and in the future something unfortunate happens and we decide to get a divorce she will get full custody .

We have been fighting almost everyday over this . So i suggested that she works part time and i get a less demanding job where i will have to work no more than 35 hrs a week . She doesn't like this idea because we will only make enough to pay the bills and we would have almost no savings if we go with my plan . She even said that she will quit her job and stay home , so i told her i will divorce her if she does something like that . Recently i have been thinking about divorcing her .

Just be clear please don't ask me to do what she wants because i will never consider her being a SAHM and me working full time.

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My wife of 2 years wants to be a stay at home mom , but i want her to continue working after maternity leave.

**TL;DR; : My wife of 2 years wants to be a stay at home mom , but i want her to continue working after maternity leave

Just be clear please don't ask me to do what she wants because i will never consider her being a SAHM and me working full time . What do you guys think i should do? **.