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[quote=Anonymous]My husband makes more than OPs, and I make a very small fraction of his salary. I tried staying home for a year but I didn't like it so I went back to work.  One of the reasons why I didn't like staying home (in addition to the fact that I get a lot of personal satisfaction from my job and don't have the temperament to be home with three kids all day) was that, even though I earn significantly less than him, my husband really appreciated having me rowing our financial boat with him. And I also liked being a contributor.  There were also some subtle changes in our power dynamic in that I went from being somebody who was professionally respected to somebody who my husband thought should be available to deal with whatever house chores he had thought of, regardless of what I might have been planning to do with the kids, because I "had nothing to do and was around anyway."  He never mentioned the financial contribution, but he really perked up when he heard that I would be bringing great health insurance to the table.[/quote]

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