[C19fan]

showed that 63 per cent of women out of the 4,000 asked preferred a 'man who provides'.

The 37% on the other side are lying.

[17th Miss Regt]

Another approach is to regard 100% of the money as ‘ours’. Then it does not matter whose account it comes from.

[HangnJudge]

Well, there is that little issue of who works to pay the bills when the woman is in a forced dependency role late in pregnancy and early child care

[Zathras]

6 years after my divorce, my ex called and wanted me to buy her a new iphone.
LOL like that is going to happen.

[BBQToadRibs]

I would say there’s a distinctive difference between expecting you support her, and she being appreciative of your support and doing everything she can to contribute to the overall household as well. You’re a team with different strengths in different areas. Act like it, embrace it, respect it.

[Ted Grant]

No doubt most of the 37% are lying. But many women have been marinated in the liberal nonsense so I bet 5-10% sincerely belive a 50/50 split is better.

But most of those will still be dissatsified.

[PGR88]

many woman today want “feminism” when it suits them, and traditional gender roles the rest of the time.

[ifinnegan]

50/50 shows lack of commitment. The two are not becoming one.

It’s weird and not a real marriage.

[SaxxonWoods]

There goes that equality thing.

[dfwgator]

[Professional]

We’z all equalz untilz you don’t gibzmedat!

[FamiliarFace]

I wonder how many men-hating females answered 50/50.

[Savage Beast]

Sexy or not, I provide for my wife and children.

[Professional]

I have financially supported my wife for all but one year of our 23 years of marriage that has seen her stay at home and raise our 3 kids, and I have one more child that I financially raised.

I expect my wife to get a fairly significant inheritance when her mother passes away. I’m thoroughly convinced that nothing will change for us financially, but her 1-3 million inheritance will be hush hush, none of my business.

Will be interesting to see how that affects our marriage. I plan on giving her half the bills when that time comes...

[HamiltonJay]

Women want all the entitlements of the 1950s, without any of the obligations....

[Tennessee Nana]

For those particular females I think it would be sexist of them not to totally support those boyfriends they shack up with...

[Little Ray]

The question isn’t “Which is sexier?”
The question is “Is the man able to?”
The burden of taxes has increased to the point that, frequently, the wife HAS to work.

[sphinx]

I'm not sure how relevant this is to the modern urban millennial reality. Boy meets girl. They are both working. Courtship and acquired lifestyles are on the dual income plan. They eventually make a match. They stretch their combined incomes to buy the best house they can in an overheated urban market. They are now trapped in a dual-income mortgage. They need two cars because both are working, unless they are among the lucky minority in a neighborhood that enjoys convenient multi-modal options. (In the suburbs, the chances of that are basically zero.) When the time comes, they have to pay for childcare because they both must continue to work to pay the mortgage. Eventually they'll be empty nesters with a paid off mortgage, but that's decades away.

Hubby supporting the wife is a choice that has to be made early, and unless the couple has children right away, it's not a choice society will validate.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

The 37% on the other side are lying.

Yep. At a dinner date...

She - "Let's split it" (thinking to herself 'I hope he is a gentleman and he treats')

He - "Sure" (thinking 'hmmm, I wonder if I should treat her. Does she really expect me to treat? Want me to treat? Will I be a cad if I let her pick up half? What will she think of me? I better play it safe and 'go woke' on this.)

She - (thinking - what a loser. He didn't argue with me picking up half. Dump him.)

He - (thinking - I hope she thinks I'm 'woke' by letting her pay half)

[jeffc]

I worked and paid everything when our kids were growing up. My wife stayed home. Now, one is gone (on her own) and one has graduated but still home (for now).

My wife now works and I'm retired. We split the bills and the leftover is our own (mine is mine and hers is hers). As long as the bills get paid, no harm no foul...

[the_Watchman]

We have been married for 42 years. I have always “provided” for the family.

That freed my wife to quit her teaching job to raise the kids. After the kids got to high school, my wife chose to start a preschool at our church which she ran for 17 years. She had no reason to worry about the salary involved, but it was adequate, and she chose to sequester part of the funds in a special account.

After the preschool closed, we had an opportunity to purchase a 2000 sq. ft. “cabin” in the woods. Having a place to go to in the forest was always a dream of my wife which I thought sounded like a good idea. So we drained the special account and bought the place. It is marvelous! We are going there on Wednesday for a long weekend.

So, by me providing, my wife was able to follow her dreams both with the preschool and now with the cabin. It has been a good life.