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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was the lower earning spouse. Got tired of the resentment from high earning spouse, even though[b] spouse was only able to earn that amount since I gave up my career to support theirs.[/b]

Got divorced, and fought for every single penny I was entitled to, despite anger from spouse because it was “theirs”. No according to the law, mofo.

I’m assuming your the lower earning spouse and likely a woman. I know many women who divorced their much wealthier husbands and gave up what they were legally owed to “keep the peace”. They all regretted it. Jerks gonna jerk no matter what you do.

If you do go the divorce route, fight for everything you’re entitled to. [/quote]
bolded is very important.  If I kept my higher paying job that was also much  more demanding, I'd be more stressed out, and our marriage/family would not be as content. And forget about sex.  This all actually happened. It wasn't until I dialed back that everyone was less stressed and much more content.

My spouse makes more than I do, but not by much, and spouse still does a lot at home AND makes our lunch as we are all WFH.  My job requires more meetings so I'm not able to prepare lunch or dinner for that matter, early enough.

I used to nickel and dime my spouse about who does what when I was earning more, and it really was unhealthy for our marriage.  But, my spouse also realizes now how much I do so spouse picked up some of the mental effort that goes into taking care of kids/house and finances.[/quote]

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