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I kind of thought from the beginning that this thread was merely a ruse to take the opportunity to liken a wife who does not bring home a salary to a "kept woman."[/quote]

I don't know if it was a ruse or not but I believe there is a very strong parallel; one is a sanctioned relationship by virtue of marriage and the other is not accepted as being the norm.

But a simple question/statement: if the OP led the very same life she does with the same benefits and essentially not supporting herself but married to her benefactor, most of her critics would be silenced. Heaven alone knows there are lots of women who fit the OP's mold but they are married to their "sugar-daddy".

You guys are such hypocrites.[/quote]

What else is new?[/quote]

I want to address this.  My SIL quit her job some years ago and decided to stay at home and she has no kids while her DH works.  Judging from this thread a lot of women apparently think my SIL is the equivalent of a prostitute like op.  However when my BIL was diagnosed w ms and his health took a huge nosedive my SIL is right there waiting on him hand and foot and she will be there for him no matter what and that is the difference between her and "people" like op.[/quote]

A lot of people may want to make that comparison between your SIL and the Op but the reality is the situations are as dissimilar as night/day.  If your SIL just quite her job w/o even talking with BIL about it and just ASSumed that he would be cool with being the sole breadwinner - that would be an incredibly presumptuous and selfish move on her part.  Even so, that would be a marital issue that SIL/BIL would have to hash out together.  And they could divorce and divide up assets if they couldn't work it out.

In contrast, there is absolutely no commitment between Op and her married boyfriend. Zero, Zip, None.  If he decided today to trade her in on a newer model or just to end things with her and refocus his energy on his family - that would be it.  This guy has 100% total control over this whole situation - he alone decides if the Op has a roof over her head, money to live, a man to care about.  [/quote]

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