OT How would you feel if wife/gf made more $ than you?

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crandc said:
Bringing this up because a friend was waiting at an airport near a straight couple and overheard them. The woman apparently had been offered a big promotion and the man said if she loved him she would turn it down, because then everyone would know she made more money than he and it would be humiliating.

My friend wondered, is that still a thing in 2017, almost 2018?

So I'm asking the guys on the board. I'm not talking heiress; thinking if you could marry an heiress that would be great. I'm talking about a woman who works for a living in the more or less ordinary way; would you find it a problem if
1) she made more money than you, but friends/family did not know?
2) she made more money than you, and your friends/family did know?

Gracias
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No. I'd be fine with that. Hell I'd be fine if my wife made as much as I do.
 
My wife went into medicine. I went into the natural sciences. You do the math.
 
I've made more money than my wife for most of 30 years...now she's going to work for another 10 years after I retire so things are changing but it doesn't matter to either of us who makes the money
 
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I can't wait till my fiancee and I own a winery and its all just one income. Something we create, something we have pride in and something that can afford us a happy life with a vacation every now and then. The money will be the same but she will have the more prestigious title of "winemaker" and I'll just be assistant wine maker and business the business manager.
 
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My fiancée and I have a goal of starting our own winery. We both have advantages in different areas. Both went to EV (Wine) school but she is far superior in the actual cellar and has the better pallet. I have a business degree, science background and I work in Wine chemistry. She is about to take a shitter job for more money then I make but it will help towards our combined goals. I will stay in the lab because it will help our goals. 3 years from now we will be selling our wine and in 5 years we will have small high-end Winery. If I was petty about pay it would hinder our chances of success as a couple. I could make more but it wouldn’t serve either of us.
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Better learn the difference between "pallet" and "palate" if you wanna make it in this biz, FAMS! :smiley-195517897341
 
Man, I'd love it if my wife made more than me. When she took 4-6 months off work to get us settled into our new community, my salary covered everything (and my family is covered 100% health-wise by my employer). Our bank account stayed flat. We were not longing for a damn thing.

So a big salary for her would be purely filling in the bank account.
 
BLAZINGGIANTS said:
Better learn the difference between "pallet" and "palate" if you wanna make it in this biz, FAMS! :smiley-195517897341
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Just got off working 14h and fucked up. oh well. I had to write the word pallet about 50 times today because so many people label their wines using pallet numbers. like 17-ch-rrv-bbl43-postml-pallet18. My head is numb. I need to drink.
 
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Just got off working 14h and fucked up. oh well. I had to write the word pallet about 50 times today because so many people label their wines using pallet numbers. like 17-ch-rrv-bbl43-postml-pallet18. My head is numb. I need to drink.
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Have a nice pallet jack and coke... errrr jack and coke*
 
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Just got off working 14h and fucked up. oh well. I had to write the word pallet about 50 times today because so many people label their wines using pallet numbers. like 17-ch-rrv-bbl43-postml-pallet18. My head is numb. I need to drink.
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It's cool. Only fellow wine folk get to give you shit over that cuz we've all inevitably been there, brother.
 
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As I'm now semi retired my wife makes more than me now and as UCD said...it all goes into the same pot at the end anyway....I'd never had a problem with females making more money than men....when I fully retire I'll be a great house husband..
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My wife is an over achiever. She is a consummate pro. That paycheck reflects years of hard work, years of night school & career success. Gender should not block an Individuals' goals. I'm lucky to be part of her life!!!
 
Well in all honesty, it would annoy me if she made significantly more than I make.thats not to say I wouldn’t be proud of her and happy for what we could afford, but I would feel a little bit like I wasn’t pulling my weight. I’m guessing that I’d get over it pretty quickly but I love the feeling of providing.
 
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Well in all honesty, it would annoy me if she made significantly more than I make.thats not to say I wouldn’t be proud of her and happy for what we could afford, but I would feel a little bit like I wasn’t pulling my weight. I’m guessing that I’d get over it pretty quickly but I love the feeling of providing.
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That is fair, I think. I want to achieve more than anyone!

I sound like @MarAzul
 
I think it would be awesome. In fact I have been supporting my wife for the last 4 1/2 years while she goes to school. She is graduating this year and Im expecting a good ROI, hopefully she does make more than me when its all said and done.
 
OK, fess up, my informant admitted getting from Facebook and not direct hearing. So I can't verify the story. But the point holds. I have known women whose male partners told them they could only hold jobs if they made less than the men, like women need permission to work.

Remember that Master Card commercial? A straight couple are walking in the woods, the woman says her job wants her to take some big career opportunity "in Chicago". The man uses his Master Card to buy an engagement ring, offers it to her saying "please stay". As she gets all weepy, presumably the point is she decided to give up her big career opportunity and get married instead. I can't help wondering how Master Card would present the reverse situation. The man uses Master Card to buy an engagement ring, offers it to the woman saying he has a great career opportunity in Chicago, "please come with me".
 
I think you may be searching for fuel to add to your hatred of conservative men. Maybe our egos aren't as large as you believe.
 
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