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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe it’s just me, but this seems like an increasingly outdated term. I see how it applies when one person works outside of the home and the other does not, or when both partners work but one makes very little money. But what about the more typical scenario where both partners work and one makes more, but both incomes support the family lifestyle? Is the person who makes more always the “breadwinner”?  What if I make more than H, but my job is insecure while his is basically guaranteed for life with pension?

I ask not because I want to label my relationship, but because the term has started to grate on me. Am I alone here? [/quote]

You sound unhinged.

It’s pretty simple. The person who makes more money. DH and I have gone back and forth as the breadwinner. I stepped away from my VP job 2 years ago and took a big pay cut and told DH he needs to be the breadwinner for some time. I will go back to breadwinner status in 3 years at which time he will retire, as I have the job that can be done anywhere on planet earth and still being in 225k. His current breadwinner status has him chained to a lot of travel.
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