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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Women like OP are happier when they work out of the home, IME.  They may be stressed, but there are stressors both in and out of the home, so same difference.

Some less motivated and/or anxiety stricken women are led to believe that there are additional stressors from working outside of the home - but any of that is superseded by a true sense of purpose and usefulness, and their own paycheck (pride) - and less time to take part in self destructive behaviors, such as wallowing (OP) and gossiping (PTA moms).

OP, you have too much time on your hands. [/quote]

I have always worked.  My parents raised all of us to always be self-sufficient and never rely 100% on anyone else, always keep a foot in the workplace.

I did not purposely seek a 'rich man'.  I dated a few guys in my 20s that certainly were not on track to ever have a lucrative job, one was a drop-out bartender from my HS.  But, I always was attracted to innately smart and witty people.  I was self-motivated.  I met my spouse when we were 26 and I ostensibly made more $.  He was brilliant and good-looking with a degree from a top university and very ambitious--as well as hilarious, fit, etc.  Within 2 years of meeting him, he left his job (right before our wedding!!) and went out on his own and that hit the payday big time.  Even though he has always made a lot of $$, 23 years later I am still working making a good salary.  My career had flexibility for our kids (WAH since they were born) and after years of travel and round the clock work, spouse was able to never travel again for work when we decided to have kids 7 years into marriage.

A lot of people that are wealthy later in life did not come from $ or have it when they met.  That was certainly us and frankly I never could have imagined the lifestyle I now have.[/quote]

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