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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Ugh- this describes my marriage except my husband is worse in that he job hops and doesn't always have another job lined up when he inevitably leaves his current position.  And he wants to have another kid !  Hell no[/quote]

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