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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Will she also do the majority of cooking, cleaning and household chores? Because your budget doesn't allow for a cleaning service or much takeout/restaurants.[/quote]

You guys are trying to bait me, but it's not going to work.

I'd expect we'd split cooking, laundry, etc. 50/50.  Real cleaning we'll outsource - as frugal as I am, a monthly house cleaner is something I've always splurged on.  Currently, it's only $90 for my condo and I know it will obviously be more in a house - we'll budget for that.

Regarding parenting, I do expect she'd take the lead there.  Yes, if I'm bringing most of the money to the marriage, I'd expect her to contribute in other ways.  But, primarily, I'd expect her to do the majority of the parenting because I would only be attracted in the first place to a woman who is nurturing and would enjoy taking care of the kid(s).  Similarly, I'd expect the lawn mowing to fall 100/0 to me since that's traditionally a male activity.[/quote]

Ahhhh, so now you're wanting traditional gender roles, but you also want her to have earned a lot of money. So the traditional roles only start when you want them to?

If you made (really, your parents partly gave you) more money, does that mean she gets less leisure time than you, forever?[/quote]

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