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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I resented it, and it wasn't a joint decision. She just decided to mostly not work during the marriage, including the 10 years before we had a child. [/quote]

[b]Why would you put up with that though[/b]?! 10yrs before you even had kids? Bizarre. [/quote]

NP here. 
That is a good question. He was putting up with it then it means that he was probably getting something out of the deal.  Maybe it was status, maybe it was sex, maybe it made him seem less of a loser in his life.

Maybe there was some other reason that she could not work - too young, too uneducated, too poor, did not have a work permit, DH's job was not stable, not stationary (military), or well paying (wife could not go back to college).  Maybe she was still studying but DH's job was disruptive and she could not finish in time.  Maybe DH's job brought them to places where it was hard to find suitable employment.  Maybe the DH did not help out at home and she had to manage it on her own and that was all she had energy for.

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