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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Life is not consistent.  Someone might be rich today and unemployed tomorrow.

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When DH and I met and during the first years of our marriage, DH made more money than me. DH and I put me through law school at night and now I make almost 3X what DH makes. If this was the situation when we first met, I'm not sure that it would have worked. Even now, I wish that our paychecks weren't so skewed towards reliance on mine. It's a lot of pressure to deal with. [/quote]

Very similar situation for me.  And it is hard.  Making it worse is that DH is in a dead end job and really unhappy, but has been unmotivated to find a new job.  His perpetual unhappiness (its been five years of this) puts a strain on our marriage.  He's also increasingly resentful of the difference in incomes so there's that.  I will say that he hasn't proven to be very resilient in his professional life and has really floundered.  If I had a crystal ball when we were dating I might not have married him.  [/quote]

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