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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The enormous amount of inequality in my marriage - financial, me doing all the grunt work, and him feeling too superior to do that because it isn't what a master of the universe does - definitely makes me not want to have sex with DH.  [/quote]

I was specifically told that because I made less money I was responsible for ALL of the household chores as well as at least 50% of childcare.

I didn't want to have sex with his sexist a$$.[/quote]

How much less money? If it's a 51/49 split, that's clearly unreasonable. If it's 90/10, that division doesn't seem too far off.

In any event, the best I ever see from women who think their husband does too little is "Maybe" if he did more, I'd want to have sex. My guess is that the unspoken "maybe not" side of that equation is more likely.[/quote]

Let's say DH makes 500K and DW makes 50K - both work FT.  Does that 90/10 division still apply?[/quote]

Yup. The way it is, you have 3 jobs  (Husband's, Wife's, and Household) and a total of $550,000 in income. Split 50/50, that means each person has 1.5 jobs and is averaging $183k per job. Wife drops her $50k job and now each person has 1 job and averages $250k per job. You've each increased your free time by 1/3 and dramatically increased the return on the time you're still working. You're still bringing in $500k per year and have only lost 10% of your income.  [/quote]

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