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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just make sure to have conversations in advance about how you are going to handle it when kids come. In my experience, men are not very realistic about how much work and care is required for children, and are often significantly less willing to do what is necessary to make it work. Whether that's vetting and hiring and then working with a nanny who can cover all the hours needed, or adjusting work schedules to accommodate drop off and pick up, or giving up aspects of their social life. Maybe these men think if they marry a high-earning spouse, money will help to resolve all these issues by itself. In my experience that is not the case because, for instance, even high earning women often think it's important for children to spend plenty of time with their parents. Or understand that you can hire the best nanny in the world, but if she gets Covid and can't come to work, you're going to need back up plans. And I would also observe that higher earning women who wind up doing the bulk of the childcare/household management on top of their high-paying job seem to develop an understandable resentment of a partner who seems to think it is enough for him to just go make money. Maybe that would fly with a SAHM or someone in a low-paid, flexible position, but a woman who makes a great salary and is well-respected in her field is not going to be impressed or appreciate that you are doing the same thing but without contributing at home.

[b]So by all means, marry the high earning woman. But be ready to operate at her level. Otherwise you're just dead weight.[/b][/quote]

Funny, I don’t remember ever having heard that women had to “operate at the level” of their high-earning husbands.[/quote]

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