forget hobbies and the weather. you and your significant other need to sit down and work out an understanding of each other's career goals, and especially whether you plan to have kids.
i am less familiar with seattle's cost of living, but for SF/NYC for example, 170k/year will come with significant lifestyle tradeoffs to be worked out (e.g., in terms of size of home, commute time, public/private school); obviously two-income will come with its own set of decisions to be made as well.. it's worth talking all this over now.
forget hobbies and the weather. you and your significant other need to sit down and work out an understanding of each other's career goals, and especially whether you plan to have kids.
i am less familiar with seattle's cost of living, but for SF/NYC for example, 170k/year will come with significant lifestyle tradeoffs to be worked out (e.g., in terms of size of home, commute time, public/private school); obviously two-income will come with its own set of decisions to be made as well.. it's worth talking all this over now.