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[quote=Anonymous]The "stay at home" girlfriend thing is a lot more common than people realize.

My step-brother married one. When they were dating and living together, she made it well-known to everyone that she didn't like to work. That when she got married, she wanted to have at least 4 kids and SAH permanently. She had an undergrad degree from a local state school, but would bounce from job to job. Long stretches of unemployment. He was making OK money (CPA), but lots of pressure from her that he needed to level-up. She was a classic "Daddy's Girl" whose parents were subsidizing her lifestyle until she got married.

There is a sense of learned helplessness in that dynamic. And it's immense pressure on my step-brother. It would be one thing if someone gave up a good career to be home with their children and banked a lot savings during their working years. But to basically be dependent on one man (Daddy) and get married to be dependent on another man all while basically putting in no effort toward working or financial independence....I could never respect someone like that. [/quote]

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