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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know many women who technically married down and seem happy. 
My college roommate who was counsel at a major Wall Street investment firm has been married 15 years to a guy who works on sailboats. He has a HS diploma.
The AP at my MS is married to a retail manager.
Several friends who are AA professionals with multiple degrees married AA men with blue collar jobs and little to no education beyond a GED or HS diploma. They are definitely the breadwinners. 
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Those same women complain about their husbands and finances the minute the relationship is over though. Can't tell you how many women I know who bought the house before he moved in or paid the majority of finances are spitting mad at him getting any piece of the pie when they divorce.

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Why wouldn’t they be? If I bought the house before you came around and/or paid all the bills after we marry, why would I want you to get a single $$? FWIW - I feel the same way when it’s the man making all the money. The law says what it says re asset splitting, but it doesn’t make it fair to the person making the money.[/quote]

I get why they're mad. Just saying that not shacking up with someone, paying all the bills, then being surprised when they leave because of animosity or a hot young thing - would solve a lot of these crises. [/quote]

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