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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dad raised two daughters and always pushed us to be high achieving academically and pushed us to go into high earning careers. Sister and I both graduated top of our high school class, went to highly ranked colleges and have successful careers.  While I have mommy-tracked I make $150,000 a year/part time and sister makes $1 million a year.  We both are married and have kids, etc.

My parents got divorced 20 years ago and my dad has since remarried a woman who is basically a doormat.  She does not work, does not contribute to running the house and pretty much is only there to look pretty.  She will cook for him and do his laundry. But he has a very busy life with lots of businesses and needs help running his household (like paying bills, organizing and scheduling house maintenance, gardening and keeping the house up, etc) and I feel like she does not contribute at all.

I am just so surprised that my dad decided to marry someone so passive when he has raised two women to be the exact opposite. Even my mom (his ex-wife) is very independent, worked my whole life, etc. [/quote]

Did your mom work when they were married or only after divorce?
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This is the right question! Let’s give credit to the mom! And why did they divorce? The dad now has a trophy wife and he may be happy. [/quote]

Op - mom always worked. Until she retired. They divorced when my dad cheated on my mom (not with current step mom).

Dad is worth around $6 million. He is 70 and step mom is 45. [/quote]

Seriously?

I’m her age and I wouldn’t date a senior citizen for that much. That’s not a high enough net worth to overlook age.

Maybe she likes him. But there’s no way she’s going to be helping manage his life. She’s there to look pretty and enjoy life — she’s not there to build wealth, she’s there to spend it.

You’re the one who’s getting all worked up because you don’t understand the basics of how life works.[/quote]

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