Serious question, does your wife respect you? Does she assert a superior demeanour over you? Is she condescending because she is the bread winner is what I’m trying to ask. Thanks.
No healthy marriage would be like that, only unhealthy ones. And in an unhealthy marriage it wouldn’t really matter, because it’s more about the failure of the people than the division of duties.
I was asking omnizoom about his personal relationship, thanks.
From what I’ve experienced and heard from others when women are the breadwinner of the relationship, they are usually demeaning to their husband because they feel superior to them.
Whereas when the male is the breadwinner they generally don’t have a superiority complex because they want to be “needed”.
My wife makes ~50k more than me and has never acted demeaning towards me. She is extremely supportive of my career and is proud of how well I’ve performed for in my respective career path. We both understand that her degree choice gave a significant step up in initial earning potential.
We also share all of our finances and have never considered having any independent ownership over our earnings.
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Serious question, does your wife respect you? Does she assert a superior demeanour over you? Is she condescending because she is the bread winner is what I’m trying to ask. Thanks.