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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.  [b]Yes, if I'm bringing most of the money to the marriage, I'd expect her to contribute in other ways.[/b]  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]

LOL.  A 38 y/o man targeting a 29-30 y/o woman and then preemptively charging her a lifetime of servitude to make up for the fact that he's been in the workforce twice as long.

You know what's not traditionally a male activity?  Intentional unemployment.  Good luck out there, I suspect you're going to learn a little too late that FIRE isn't sustainable for the divorced.[/quote]

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