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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The only men I've known to care about a woman's money beyond fiscal responsibility were more often than not the type of men you wouldn't want to date or be married to.[/quote]

Funny, as a woman who always has had high earning potential, my observation is that the men who “didn’t care” whether their wives made good money or not were not the type of man my friends or I would have ever wanted to be with. I guess it makes sense that women who have crappy jobs are looking for different things in their husbands and willing to trade off certain desirable things in order to secure a man with a higher income. Fwiw, DH and I are both high earning ($500k+ each).

Also side note: men who say they don’t have a strong preference for whether a woman works or not... this is code speak for “I prefer a stay at home wife”. These men have a particular idea of how their lives are going to look, and the role their wife will play.

Most men, high income or not, when dating legitimately prefer the idea of a wife who works. It’s not until kids come around that they realize it may work better for wife to stay home. Or alternatively they prefer wife to keep working, but wife doesn’t want to once kids come, and they are supportive of wife’s decision, even if not their preference. But dudes who say they don’t care actually do care- and these are the red flag men. [/quote]

You wouldn't want to be with a man who makes north of a million dollars, while not being a slave to his job is close to his family, has a good relationship with his parents, and your parents, priorities you and your relationship, is a hands-on dad, intelligent, has good morals, kind, generous, socially responsible, funny, and sexy?  We all have preferences.

What's wrong with wanting to be a SAHM or have one if all parties are cool with it? My own mom was a  SAHM and she loved it. I didn't care for it, though I was happy my husband and I were in the position to extend our time at home for the first years. As for what I do I'm paid well to keep self important people like yourself functioning.[/quote]

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