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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Whaaattt?  We can't afford that!!!"  But he only makes 500K.[/quote]

New Poster. Your husband won't let you SAHM on an income of half a million dollars? How badly do you want to do it?[/quote]

I know my fiancé never would. He thinks everyone needs to "pull their own weight" and be "self sufficient" and [b]he cannot imagine a husband supporting a wife.[/b][b] I can't stand him so often.[/b] [/quote]

Why are you planning to marry him then? He sounds like an ass.[/quote]

His position doesn't sound unreasonable to me.  [/quote]

My husband agrees with the above poster. [b]Each adult should be financially self sufficient[/b][i].[/quote]

I'm so glad that he would approve of my staying home as I am independently wealthy. The approval of some strange man is SO important to all of us who stay at home!

I suppose you better load up on disability insurance in case you ever have something happen to you and you can't work…he might kick you to the curb! Sounds like a wonderful, loving relationship. [/quote]

+1.  I can't imagine being with a man like this.  I wanted a man who respects femininity and thinks that raising children is a big deal.  I will be a working mom but I couldn't tolerate a man insisting I have a job to be financially self sufficient.  What about loving and raising his children well?  What about the lack of maternity leave in this country?  What if your child has a disability and needs you to stay at home for them?  What if your husband has a job requiring constant travel and the household can't manage with the mom also in a traveling role?   Such a hard stance on something - must contribute financially - is silly.   It makes me think that the man doesn't understand a partner can contribute in many other ways besides just financially.  It's also grossly unfair since I guarantee this same man is expecting his wife to bear his children, do the brunt of child rearing but then also judging her on her financial contributions.  It seems like a man like this should just marry another man.

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