texxx is stuck in the 1950s. Anyway, unless you are completely underachieving professionally, or too lazy to find a better paying job, it seems like your wife is just being unreasonable. Outside of finding a typical 8/9-5 or picking up a part time job during the day and leaving your son at a day care, I don't know what else you are supposed to do. I feel like we aren't getting the full story (and I'm not going to ask because it's none of my business). Good luck.
I got a whole bunch of stereotypes that probably are all true when it comes to a dude like you but out of disrespect I won't say em.
My wife makes more than me by a couple of bucks an hour. I just finished schooling for something to advance my career, and when I find a job, I'll make a couple bucks more an hour than she will. We have enough money to get by and save. We're young and enjoying life. When I talk about going back for another few years of school so she would only have to work part time, she tells me no, because she is happy right now, and we aren't hurting for money. She says shed rather spend the time with me than have me off trying to earn more money. I'm lucky because she realizes that money does not equal happiness.
In reality, he probably sits at home all day eating ice cream and cooking for his wife, who brings home all the bacon. He comes to clutchfans to brag about his fake success and delusions of grandeur because he needs to escape.
If you're working an 8 hour shift and she wants you to work more so she can work less .. Eff that My girlfriend makes much more then I do, and I'm cool with it, as is she. I still pay for stuff, but instead of paying for EVERYTHING as I would in other relationships, I pay for SOME things. Nice to have a girl who can pay her own bills.
How is it disturbing. She wants to be able to raise her son and is not able to. She is asking her husband to do something so she doesn't have to work. When my wife and I got started I worked two jobs so she didn't have to work outside the home. Whether he decides to man up and address the resentment is up to him.
My wife makes way more money than I do (sorry, bigtexxx, but more than you, too) and neither of us care. Even if I made so much that she didn't have to I highly doubt she would not work.
I make about double what my wife does, but I'd have zero issue if she did eventually make more than me. I really don't see why it matters as long as you are both contributing and pulling your weight. To the OP, your wife sounds pretty shallow.
Both of us want to be the "at home" one. But truth be told she would keep the house clean and do all the domestic stuff, whereas if I were the "at home" one I would just walk around in my boxers all day, playing XBox and eating Krazy Kookie Dough ice cream. The most I would do is maybe - maybe - clean up my own mess that I had made that very day. Maybe.
My wife makes less. However, none of her paycheck goes to the mortgage, utilities, etc. Everything she makes is disposable income for her. She gets a great deal here. Besides, a woman should always have that independence and ability to financially support herself should the relationship not work out.
My wife has a masters and I only have an associates degree. I make over 80k more than her a year. Teachers are UNDER PAID and appreciated. Could make more planning curriculum or something but she loves teaching kids. Doesn't bother me either way.
Oink oink, baby. You have some serious insecurities and should probably get that checked out. My wife started working in the corportate world again on September 30th. Our baby is only 11 months old but she was getting bored as **** sitting at home all day. Edit: Some women like to work so they can actually utilize that college degree they worked hard to get. Mind = blown.
Kind of my sentiment, too. I don't tell my wife that she needs do something with her business degree that's gathering dust in a shoebox.
I think I made a thread sometime last year about my gf possibly making 5 times more than I do. Well she's my ex now and she probably still makes more money than I do, but not by that much now. Maybe twice more at the most. But she's putting her sister through college and just bought her a motorcycle. My current gf makes about 30% less, but by choice. She can easily have a job that pays almost double mine if she wants (and intends to soon). Oh well. I did feel a little emasculated, but I guess she can buy me more food.
LOL... Some people here seem to be obsessed with money/salary etc. I used to be so it's somewhat understandable, I suppose, but for me it changed when I had kids. There are positions with my company that pay more than my current positon and I'm more than qualified for, but they involve lots of travel, so I never put in for them. I don't want to have kids that point to an airplane in the sky and say "look, there's daddy!" (this actually happened to a buddy of mine) My kids don't give a crap what my job title is, they just want me to be there. Family > Work
this is probably the wrong place to ask the question.... I can see where my wife is coming from. We live in a community where all my wifes friends are stay-at-home moms and have a chance to home school their children. My wife feels as if she is going to miss out on all of this because I can't support the family financially like I need to.
My wife with a couple promotions last year is now making slightly more than me. I made an industry switch last year, so it was a lateral as far as $$ goes. Basically lost a year in raises. I'll catch back up over the next two. If I don't, it's because she's been promoted even higher, which would be awesome.
