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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My exH really got off on being “a provider” and [b]it was a status thing[/b] for him to have a SAH wife.  It made sense for me at the time, but I was foolishly lulled into a false sense of complacency and when he divorced me, I was effffffffed.  Some of these guys really like that power and control – even if it doesn’t manifest that way early on.

I was a fool.   [/quote]

I was going to say something to this effect. A man who openly broadcasts* he wants to have a wife who can choose whether to work or SAH is someone who is into showing his status as a high earner.

Which means he is probably into status in other areas. I would be prepared to “bounce back” after kids and maintain a trophy wife image because I don’t think a man like that is going to be okay with a wife hanging onto 20 extra pounds post-kids. And be on the lookout for him to have his eye on younger women who come along.

*This is not the same thing as a man who has a private discussion with his partner about financial/lifestyle priorities and decides on a spouse SAH. [/quote]

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