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[quote=Anonymous]In my experience and looking around my industry and my husband's industry.....

I think having a spouse provided balance at home that translates to more potential at work. DH and I met in college, and while we spent many years partying and being very social during our early careers, at the end of the day we came home to stability. Many of our peers were dealing with the drama of dating, partying etc in their 20s. It just seemed like DH and I (and our married peers) had an edge up on work in those early years.

I also believe having a spouse was significantly helpful to DH and me for making good job decisions, talking through ideas, long term strategy.

I don't believe in any way that having a spouse stay home is helpful or necessary to a career anymore. When i started working 25 years ago, yes all the senior people were men with sah wives. But now, all my peers in their 40s and 50s in my industry have working spouses (with significant jobs). Sure, for the total all-out ballers who want to be traveling 365 days a year, yes, a spouse is necessary. But for the rest of us who work 50-60 hours a week with travel once or twice a month... yes, it's a bit more complicated to make it work. But we figure it out.  The dudes with sah wives don't have any added benefit.  [/quote]

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