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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a teacher, which is a profession that is routinely scorned on this site, and my dh doesn’t seem to care.  He out-earns me, but we connect on a deep level.  We’re friends and we have so much fun together.

I honestly do not think my husband views my career as a high school teacher as something embarrassing or less-than, though.  I love my job and spend a great deal of time at home planning lessons, reading, and grading.  I have overheard my husband boasting about an award I received and how good I am at my job.  I am intelligent and well-read, and able to discuss politics and culture, etc, and my husband sometimes asks me to look over writing he does for his own (much higher paying) job.  I don’t think my husband’s colleagues view me as less-than, either.  Or maybe their wives are posting about me online, but I don’t care.

Yes, I’m physically attractive, but our marriage wouldn’t have lasted for so long if that was all he cared about.  No, I don’t think he would have preferred a woman with a high status job who didn’t care about her personal appearance.  DH and I run 10ks and half marathons together, and he doesn’t have much respect for couch potatoes (neither do I).

So in my case, my dh doesn’t care that I have a lower status job and he does appreciate value my interest in taking care of my body.

PS- I went to Harvard.  Some people with jobs you consider to be low-status are intelligent.  
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NP. I think a DH who valued education would be very happy to have an educator as a spouse. It would indicate that you would value your child's education, also. I think men, who have professional degrees or Masters, would look to marry someone who has a college education.

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