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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DH and I have had the same conversation and I applaud OP for seriously considering it. I make $85K and DH makes around $200K. I have been diagnosed with Crohn’s disease and would like to reduce my hours by 20% to help my stress level and fatigue. DH refuses because it will put more stress on him as he is commissioned based. Instead of figuring out ways to manage his stress around it he just outright refuses. He even took a new job where he needs a few years to build up because he was unhappy with the culture of his company although he made good money without having to work much for it. He can unilaterally make decisions that are best for him but I’m not allowed to.

He’d rather me go through physical stress than to deal with his potential mental stress. We’ve met with a financial planner on my suggestion and he showed us we’d be ok but would need to cut back extras a little bit. It still makes him too nervous so I will continue to go deeper into negative sick leave. At least OP sounds like he views his wife as more than just a paycheck. [/quote]

I’m not being snarky, but you truly need some marriage counseling. This is a completely different situation than OPs healthy wife trying to “find herself” by trying out various hobby jobs. [/quote]

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