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[quote=Anonymous]It seems that OP values the net financial contribution more than the personal contribution to the relationship/family.  It's one thing to say you are feeling stressed about always being tight on money.  It's quite another thing to specifically blame your husband for your unhappiness.  The latter is very dangerous.  He hasn't gambled away your family money.  He hasn't put himself in jail by doing something stupid.  He hasn't put you all in debt with a prostitute habit.  He simply works in a job that pays $X, and brings it home for the family.  Maybe he could have done that in a less expensive way.... maybe YOU, OP, could buy less expensive shoes, or picked a less expensive coat, or driven a less expensive car.  Even if he agreed with you that going to X school wasn't "the best" decision in hindsight, it wasn't a completely terrible decision... it's shades of gray.

Any degree would have cost $$.  A state univ. would have cost X, and his (or your joint choice) cost $$.  Sometimes you get a big fat return on your investment, sometimes, you just get a return.

You (jointly) ARE getting a return on the investment.

It seems like your arguing that he should have invested in X stock b/c it went through the roof and you're mad that DH invested in Y stock -- which has a less impressive return, but still a return.  That's why you sound like a complainer who isn't seeing your "half full."  Life's a gamble.... you are already winning, but you are convinced that you're losing.

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