If your spouse makes more than you

[Anonymous]

If your husband tries to use their salary as an excuse to do less house/child work they are a jerk.

[Anonymous]

My ex DIL constantly threw in my son's face her Masters Degree and the amount she made at her job.

He divorced her ass and soon after that she lost her big money job. Lot of good her degree did for her. She's a babysitter now and sleeps with men for rent.

My husband would never do what your husband does OP. Real love works together.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My ex DIL constantly threw in my son's face her Masters Degree and the amount she made at her job.

He divorced her ass and soon after that she lost her big money job. Lot of good her degree did for her. She's a babysitter now and sleeps with men for rent.

My husband would never do what your husband does OP. Real love works together.

Ouch, he divorced her and has moved on. Why the schadenfreude?

[Anonymous]

My DH made multiples of what I did but he never held it over me. He worked very long hours and I didn't so I really took charge of paying all the bills, managing our household etc., etc. He's always been very gracious in saying that I made his life easy so he could focus on his job and his family. I've never had a budget or allowance and he rarely, if ever, questions what I spend. It helps that I'm pretty thrifty. We both have MBA's and I'm sometimes a bit jealous of his career (it could have been me!) but I've had a wonderful life and can't complain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nope. He never mentions it. I'm the one who provides the health insurance for the family, and he considers that golden.

Is he self employed and you're fed or a teacher?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My ex DIL constantly threw in my son's face her Masters Degree and the amount she made at her job.

He divorced her ass and soon after that she lost her big money job. Lot of good her degree did for her. She's a babysitter now and sleeps with men for rent.

My husband would never do what your husband does OP. Real love works together.

What was she doing that she made so much and it came crashing down? MBA working in finance?

[Anonymous]

My DH makes about 4 times what I make but since I have a very high libido he never mentions it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does he/she ever mentions that? I am having a hard time recently since my spouse implied several times that he makes much more then myself. When we met he was just a little bit ahead of me in career. Then he got the job offer in a place where I couldn't work and i, of course, as a good wife supported him and put my job on hold.
Just now I am slowly getting back on my feet but I am very very behind compared to him.
I am so hurt right now I don't even know what to do. Is this the beggining of an end?
Am I alone in this boat?

When she brings it up, and the gap is rather large and I am the high earner, I remind her that we have joint accounts.