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In part, yes. Another key reason is that my working allows me to tell DH to go jump in a lake.  My mother, and my grandmother before her, were frustrated at times with their lack of "hand" in their marriages.  My DH can't make any decisions without my concurrence, because I make more than half the money. He can't just come home one day and say the family is moving because he took a new job. He can't make major purchases without my say so. We have a real partnership, not based on benevolence or emotion.[/quote]

I also find this post troubling.  I am sorry that your marriage is based on the fact that you bring home a paycheck and can hold it over your husband.  I'd also be curious to see where your marriage is in 10+ years. [/quote]

If you think that believe that marriage is immune from the power of the purse, you are naive. [/quote]

And if you think the power of the purse if going to save your marriage, then you're deluded.  [/quote]

No one said that the power of the purse was going to "save" one's marriage. However, you need to realize that not having any income whatsoever does put you at the financial mercy of your spouse, however benevolent he may be.[/quote]

Yes, I agree to a certain extent.  But do you realize that you can also have an income and not see it as a way to gain more power in the marriage?  [/quote]

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