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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You are extremely insecure OP. You wife is not blaming you for anything, that is in your head. She doesn't resent you, you are the one with perceived slights that she makes. [b]You are the one who thinks he should have done better career wise.[/b] Women comment, and talk, men lack the ability to listen. She is talking about it, not wanting you to earn more. You are so tiresome with your perception that she emasculates you. It makes you unlikable.[/quote]

I don't know where that comes from. I'm generally very happy in my career.  I make a decent income - we would be in the top 5% of HHI even if DW did not work.  I chose my career largely for the experience it would bring. I wanted international travel out of my career more than anything and I've had it in spades.  Lived in 7 countries and traveled to another 32.  Several years ago a client's wife commented to me that I had the "coolest job." I said had more of lifestyle than a job.  If I had to do my same job, and be only in the United States in some office, then yeah, I might be dissatisfied, but I am not.

There's a lot more to life than money, a big house and a fancy car.

But I will turn the question around. How many women on these boards would be happy with a DH who expected not to work but to pursue his hobbies and interests while she went to work?  Very few, I reckon.

There is a lot of discussion about SAHMs.  My original question really wasn't about SAHM.  [b]My DW cannot be a SAHM.  Kids have flown the coop.  She just wants to be at home doing whatever other than "work." 
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What's wrong with that? Other than the fact that you want to keep working? Lots of people retire early. I'm assuming ya'll are in your fifties? My parents retired at 54 and have loved it. One good thing about it is, they're still young and healthy enough to ENJOY their lives and their free time. You can't always count on that in your sixties and beyond.[/quote]

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