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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP- How does your wife’s job match up with her skills and interests? Is it flexible? Is she in a position of authority and respect commeserate  with her skills? Did she have to start her career all over again after she went back to work while yours was merrily trucking along? What is your HHI and what percentage of her job contributes to that? Now that you are both back in the working world, did you pick up more of the household tasks?[/quote]

HHI is $350K  - about 2/3 of that comes from our joint salaries, the rest from investment income. We are evenly split - more or less salary wise.  DW did not work for about six years while DD was in ES.  She started back to work while she was in middle school.  She did not have to start all over, and has easily landed a high paying position using a very unique skill set.  It may not be what she planned.  I still continue to pay 100 percent of the household costs, so until she agrees to pay her half, I leave the cleaning to her.  I handle the yard work, mechanical stuff, etc.  She has to make her own car payment, pay for her own gas and her own insurance.

I made a career switch for the family, and my career stagnated for six years as a result, but I have since almost caught up with my professional peers.

But every time there is an argument about money, she brings up my SIL who is a SAHM or my mother, who, LOL, is retired from her medical career after 47 years. All she sees is my mother (who is widowed) is "home." And every time we go to someone's house she is green with envy if it is bigger than ours or they have a fancier car.  I do not care about material things.  I'm happy with a smaller house and a Honda in the driveway.  I do not need some sort of mcmansion and a mercedes.  She wants these things, and I feel she needs to buck up to get them.  I feel no need to work harder and longer to provide them for her.  [/quote]

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