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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lol you're a morin. Ask your kids what they would prefer.... You to pay for their wedding and a house but you get divorced and are still miserable. OR you don't provide those things but get a less stressful job and don't completely ruin their lives with a divorce.

I'm with your DH. It seems like you guys could still have a nice life if you took a lower stress job.   It's not like he's forcing you to stay in your job. I also don't get why you married him. [/quote]

Because he is handsome and funny, and when I expressed reservations to friends or family about his earning potential everyone called me shallow. The people calling me shallow are all married to high earners, btw.  I was dumb not to level with myself about my values. Huge, life ruining mistake. [/quote]

It was not the place of your family and friends to talk you out of this marriage.  You need to own your choices.[/quote]

What part of me acknowledging I made a huge, life ruining mistake not owning my choices? Giving context is not shirking accountability.[/quote]

Holy smokes.  You married a good man with a decent job, and you have continually referred to the fact that he is satisfied with a comfortable life and does not need to earn big bucks as "ruining your life."

Do you really not understand how that makes people (rational people, anyway) see you?  [/quote]

I really do not care how other people see me, and you are misusing “rational.” 
What you really mean is “moral.”

You believe that I am immoral because I value working hard and trying to maximize earnings to have nice things and give opportunities to my children. That’s fine. You can judge my values all you want, but I have examined them at length and attempting to change or deny them has not worked for me thus far. That is how I ended up married to DH!

I might be able to live with DH if he also didn’t mock my priorities. A LOT of people share them, by the way. Whether they openly admit it to themselves or others or not.[/quote]

No, I mean rational.  I don't think working hard and maximizing earnings is immoral; I do it too.  But thinking marriage to someone who has a good, comfortable job has ruined your life is irrational.  Is it exactly what you expected?  Obviously not.  But life throws twists and turns at everyone, and "my husband makes good but not great money" doesn't come close to life-ruining level.  And thinking it does shows the maturity level of a middle-schooler, not a grown-up.

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