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So many women I know have worthless jerks for husbands..she earns the money and he does off again on again jobs..who needs that?.....


26 posted on 11/07/2025 12:03:00 AM PST by cherry
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So many women I know have worthless jerks for husbands..she earns the money and he does off again on again jobs..who needs that?.....

Why should the husband automatically have to earn more than the wife?

You presented no additional information (e.g.: "Husbands totally neglect domestic duties, refuse to rear children, etc."), so given only what you've said - i.e., that the women outearn the men - I see no problem!

I have always been the main breadwinner in my family. Until our (two) children were grown up and out of the house, I allowed my wife to complete her Master's, raise our children until they reached school age, then futz around teaching 4 or 6 hours per week at the university (earning comparable to what an earlier generation of wives would have referred to as "egg money").

Now I'm retired - and my combined pensions dwarf her salary as a half-time teacher of Ukrainian refugees.

Yet I would never refer to her as a "worthless jerk," just because she earns less than I draw through my pensions.

As long as the combined incomes of the two spouses suffice for a comfortable living - what does it matter that the man does only "off again, on again" jobs?

Regards,

45 posted on 11/07/2025 4:16:52 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: cherry
So many women I know have worthless jerks for husbands..she earns the money and he does off again on again jobs..who needs that?.....

From what I've seen, they chose worthless jerks who are "losers" over guys who are boring but very responsible.

Because usually they have charisma. And women tend to respond to that.

47 posted on 11/07/2025 4:22:24 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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