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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OMG!!!

Why do you women keep marrying these incompetent men?!?!

My husband literally does half of everything. That was my expectation from day 1.  His expectation was the same, literally half.  Yes, I'm responsible for bringing in 50% of the income. It takes the pressure off him too.  We both rise in our careers, although maybe at a slightly slower rate, but our income has been in the top 1% for 18 years - rather than after one of us hit some career milestone.  Oh, and yes, he also took leave with each kid - 3 months FMLA (unpaid).  I tool 3 months of which 2 weeks were paid.[/quote]

OMG!!! why do women with equal partners assume that they would have picked out an unequal partner in advance while being entirely blind to their good luck?

As a boyfriend my husband did all the cooking and my laundry. As a father he became career obsessed. It was like a switch flipped and everything was secondary to his idea of what a provider is. And yes I also made a top 1% income. [/quote]

It's not luck; it was discussed prior to marriage. I can't believe intelligent, educated women still exist that don't discuss these things prior to making a life long commitment. It's a really dumb thing to do for a smart person.

If the discussion was more like one stays home while the kids are young, that's a different choice, but you need to have the discussion about going back to work too.  Of you choose to be the SAH spouse, then hiw can you expect the other person the suddenly change.... you can't.

Marriage is the most important decision (personal and business) a person will ever make. It shouldn't be made purely emotionally - that's insane.[/quote]

Yes. Premarital counseling and pre-nuptials have value but unless luck is involved, those marriages too deteriorate and dissolve. In fact more calculating two partners are, more problems they create.[/quote]

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