Posted on 12/05/2016 10:12:16 AM PST by C19fan
Dear Sugars,
My husband has a life that many people who are "rule-followers," like me, would envy. When I first met him, it was undeniably a passionate love affair. I'd never dated anyone or known anyone like him before. He took risks, lived all over the world, had many passions and has been a loyal friend. He's seven years older than I am, and we met at work, where his power and seniority at the office was insanely attractive to me. The year we got married, he wanted to take a risk and go back to graduate school to find his dream job. I trusted his judgment, and between his savings, my new job, and some sacrifices, we comfortably lived while he went through two years of graduate school. My husband now has his dream job. I'm proud of everything he's accomplished and what we were able to do together to make it happen.
Over the past four years, my career has skyrocketed in ways I never could have dreamed of. I've broken through the hypothetical glass ceiling in a male-dominated industry. I am a huge believer in women in the workplace and always will be. If they become the breadwinners in marriage, more power to them.
Now herein lies my problem — I became the breadwinner in an extreme way. I committed to supporting us for two years, but we're going on four now, and it will likely be five. Our income divide is so extreme that I pay for 90 percent of our living expenses. What I've found is I can't live this girl-power lifestyle that I believe in.
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She has discovered that women are biologically unable to love a man whose abilities they do not admire.
She should start having babies.
Seriously. Most women find great satisfaction and fulfillment as mothers.
Sweetie, learn to live on his income. It really is just that simple.
You can have it all. You just have to sacrifice and work for it. Now that you are TheMan, how is that working for you?
Rich people problems...
Both of them sounds nutz, work, money, work, money, yawn ... So much more to life than that nonsense ...
Babies? She married one. And she has molded him to her own desires.
I figured out a long time ago that women don’t want what they want.
Why has it taken her so long to see this?
The “trick” to having a good life (success) is to live within your means and look for and find the joy that is there.
Well, he spent all his saving, to go back to school, to graduate and get his dream job; only to make a quarter of his previous salary! Talk of stupid! I don’t think they should be breeding.
What women say they want, and what they actually want, are frequently night and day - especially when it comes to men. It’s why all the bad boys are sleeping with anyone they want to and the good guys have a hard time even finding a date if they aren’t wealthy or super buff. I see this so much in corporate America, friends, and family its comical.
This is part of the “lack of marriage partners” problem. Feminists made sure that school admissions and scholarships preferred women, 60%+ of college graduates are women ... and they look around and wonder where their equal or superior mates are.
Dear, they were forced to go to votech or not allowed to go beyond high school because you discriminated against them in schooling in the name of fairness.
Yes, that’s pretty dumb. It’s one thing if you have your “nut” saved up and want to do a career change that’s less stressful in your older years. It’s another thing to burn through all of your retirement savings and forgo 2 years of income to get a job making 1/4 of what you already made.
bkmk
Do the guy a favor. There’s probably an attractive younger woman or women out there that he would find interesting. Cut him loose and let him have some fun. Give him my number. I’ll fill him in. As they say in the Cialis commercials, is he healthy enough for sex. Oh, you don’t mind paying alimony, do you?
And at 5 he's going to stop enjoying it. Sure.
HAHAHAHA!
NPR.
If she divorces him then she will have to pay spousal support. HA HA!!!
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