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In reply to the discussion: Should a feminist wife be an equal contributor to the household finances? [View all]Remember Me
(1,532 posts)25. Uh, unless you didn't go out of the house to make that income
you were NOT "truly splitting the childrearing aspects of your family life."
I'm also acutely uncomfortable with you bringing your personal life here to this forum to get "support" for what you should be talking to your wife about, and I find it unseemly in the extreme that you are resentful of her and expressing that HERE. Take it to her and talk it out, or take it to a counselor of some sort -- marriage, therapist, whatever. It doesn't belong here, and your treatment of your wife by doing so is beyond the pale. Shame on you.
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Should a feminist wife be an equal contributor to the household finances? [View all]
Old and In the Way
Feb 2012
OP
And let's not forget -- all that UNPAID work IS a financial contribution too
Remember Me
Feb 2012
#21
Most feminists I know want to be in the workforce. You need to sit her down and show her
southernyankeebelle
Feb 2012
#4
YOU ARE. I am a wife. I worked for the whole time my husband was in the military and
southernyankeebelle
Feb 2012
#18
I'll be a contrarion and say, other tha giving birth, I was totally involved.
Old and In the Way
Feb 2012
#15
As well as ways you can take some of the household responsibilities to free up her time. nt
FLyellowdog
Feb 2012
#12
Thanks for the advice, but I doubt either of us will get counseling.
Old and In the Way
Feb 2012
#28
They do...kids are fine. Sadly, this went done on our son's 23rd birthday today.
Old and In the Way
Feb 2012
#36
You're probably right...you should have addressed it to me directly, though.
Old and In the Way
Feb 2012
#32
Just so everyone knows....I doubt our situation is differnet from millions of Americans.
Old and In the Way
Feb 2012
#23
A wife and husband, assuming they are equally able-bodied, should be equal contributors to the life
iris27
Feb 2012
#29
Addressing only your OP, of course there will be unequal financial and other contributions. In
uppityperson
Feb 2012
#31