Salary Requirements for a Wife?

[Anonymous]

No salary requirement. She worked, and we lived on what the two of us made.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had none, but was happy my wife (who I met in law school) wanted to be a SAHM, so it worked out perfectly.

Why in the world did your wife go to law school if her goal was SAHM? just to meet a husband?

She may not have decided to be a SAHM until later.

Or maybe she liked the idea of being a SAHM but realized there are no guarantees in life and it would be smart to have her own professional credentials in case she had to rely on her own earning power at some point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$1M plus equity and carry
Lots of $250k board seats
Flexible job with 3 day weekends in the summer
Excellent multitasking skills to manage the house, staff, kids, me
Sexy, fit, kind, forgiving, great parent
Saved money from bonuses, etc. over the years.

And she would want you why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had none, but was happy my wife (who I met in law school) wanted to be a SAHM, so it worked out perfectly.

Why in the world did your wife go to law school if her goal was SAHM? just to meet a husband?

I was going to ask the same thing. That's a lot of money down the drain!

Because she is interested in the law and planned to be a lawyer of some sort. Then when we had kids, she didn't want to go back to work and leave them in daycare or with a nanny, and she felt like it was more important to be the primary caregiver of the kids.

[Anonymous]

The answer requires additional information, breast size, sex drive, nagging frequency all are part of this equation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had none, but was happy my wife (who I met in law school) wanted to be a SAHM, so it worked out perfectly.

Why in the world did your wife go to law school if her goal was SAHM? just to meet a husband?

Maybe she wanted an education?

[Anonymous]

I met my wife at work and we had the same salary. We both did very well but by then at different companies and after baby #2 she wanted to start her own consulting business. I knew she would succeed but I was prepared for her not to so net there was no requirement. But, she did very well and it was on her schedule, not some company’s. Years later she decided she wanted to work for a non profit with really low pay but she had a passion for it. Yes, I was doing very well so we could afford it but it was great that she was able to do exactly what she wanted to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had none, but was happy my wife (who I met in law school) wanted to be a SAHM, so it worked out perfectly.

Why in the world did your wife go to law school if her goal was SAHM? just to meet a husband?

This seems to be a thing amongst people I went to college with. I can rattle off a dozen or more women I know who went to law, medical, dental etc. school (some even doing an expensive post bacc to get into medical programs) who immediately after getting married and/or having a baby quit and never looked back. Maybe these men won't marry them without professional degrees even if they don't use them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had none, but was happy my wife (who I met in law school) wanted to be a SAHM, so it worked out perfectly.

Why in the world did your wife go to law school if her goal was SAHM? just to meet a husband?

This seems to be a thing amongst people I went to college with. I can rattle off a dozen or more women I know who went to law, medical, dental etc. school (some even doing an expensive post bacc to get into medical programs) who immediately after getting married and/or having a baby quit and never looked back. Maybe these men won't marry them without professional degrees even if they don't use them.

Did they take out student loans? Yikes.

[Anonymous]

I was always attracted to very smart women and salary was irrelevant. I had a great education and I was ambitious so I figured I’d always be fine. So I ended up marrying a very smart woman and that was all that mattered. She did have a good career and that was a bonus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had none, but was happy my wife (who I met in law school) wanted to be a SAHM, so it worked out perfectly.

Why in the world did your wife go to law school if her goal was SAHM? just to meet a husband?

This seems to be a thing amongst people I went to college with. I can rattle off a dozen or more women I know who went to law, medical, dental etc. school (some even doing an expensive post bacc to get into medical programs) who immediately after getting married and/or having a baby quit and never looked back. Maybe these men won't marry them without professional degrees even if they don't use them.

Maybe their priorities changed when they had children? This is particularly likely to happen for people who don't need the income either because they already have plenty of money or because they choose to live a less expensive lifestyle to prioritize being home with children.

[Anonymous]

A well-off man doesn't care how much money a woman makes. He's not in it for the money. He has his own already. He doesn't need yours. That's why a well-off man will take the barista with the associates degree over the woman with two masters degrees. What else do you bring to the table in terms of a friendly, cooperative personality and good looks? Men don't change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had none, but was happy my wife (who I met in law school) wanted to be a SAHM, so it worked out perfectly.

Why in the world did your wife go to law school if her goal was SAHM? just to meet a husband?

This seems to be a thing amongst people I went to college with. I can rattle off a dozen or more women I know who went to law, medical, dental etc. school (some even doing an expensive post bacc to get into medical programs) who immediately after getting married and/or having a baby quit and never looked back. Maybe these men won't marry them without professional degrees even if they don't use them.

Maybe she wants to raise her own children and married well? She sounds smart to me! Dude, you did well. Enjoy life, ignore the haters. They are jealous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$1M plus equity and carry
Lots of $250k board seats
Flexible job with 3 day weekends in the summer
Excellent multitasking skills to manage the house, staff, kids, me
Sexy, fit, kind, forgiving, great parent
Saved money from bonuses, etc. over the years.

I hope you're Scott Eastwood or some other rich hottie, otherwise you will remain single forever! .... you're probably a gross fat poor single troll in reality....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was always attracted to very smart women and salary was irrelevant. I had a great education and I was ambitious so I figured I’d always be fine. So I ended up marrying a very smart woman and that was all that mattered. She did have a good career and that was a bonus.

+1

I don’t care how hot a woman is. If she’s dumb and/or lacking ambition I’m highly turned off.

My wife was a seriously hot, smart, funny scientist with great credit, a great job and no debt when we met in our mid 20s.

If she were just seriously hot I wouldn’t have experienced the animal attraction I had for her since the big brain (which humor/wit goes hand and hand with) was part of the package.