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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had none, but was happy my wife (who I met in law school) wanted to be a SAHM, so it worked out perfectly.[/quote]

Why in the world did your wife go to law school if her goal was SAHM?  just to meet a husband?[/quote]
This seems to be a thing amongst people I went to college with. I can rattle off a dozen or more women I know who went to law, medical, dental etc. school (some even doing an expensive post bacc to get into medical programs) who immediately after getting married and/or having a baby quit and never looked back. [b]Maybe these men won't marry them without professional degrees even if they don't use them.[/b][/quote]

This is a thing, especially among certain cultures. I once dated a doctor, who was somewhat impressed by my law degree from a top school, but kept asking me if I would ever consider going back to practicing law (I work in a field where a JD is useful, but I don't practice, and I definitely don't make a lot of money). It was totally a status thing for him. He would not in a million years have married a barista or anyone without a graduate degree. The woman he's now married to has a JD from a crappy school and works as a... dating and relationship coach. Which always makes me laugh. What is her advice, marry a snobby, status-obsessed ahole?[/quote]

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