Would your wife making more than you bother you?

• wkfan

  Sonofanump;963578 wrote:Say wut?

  Part of the Vote 'Yes' on Issue 2 television campaign.
• Midstate01

  

  I'm getting used to it. I hated it at first. But I had to give up my job and relocate wherever the USAF told us to go. Sooo I didn't really have a choice. So now I'm just working part time and getting another degree.
• OQB

  

  This wouldn't bother me at all....like others have said, just more money for us.
• Sonofanump

  wkfan;963608 wrote:Part of the Vote 'Yes' on Issue 2 television campaign.

  Are they comparing equally educated persons or everyone that works at McDonalds or Walmart?
• Thread Bomber

  

  Zwick, You wife does make a heluva lot more than you think. I have paid her in excess of 10 grand for uhhhm... Favors.
• wkfan

  Sonofanump;963637 wrote:Are they comparing equally educated persons or everyone that works at McDonalds or Walmart?

  I have no idea....they just state that public sector workers make 43% more than private sector and cite a study to prove it.
• GoChiefs

  

  It wouldn't bother me either.
• Steel Valley Football

  She does and not in the least does it bother me.
• DeyDurkie5

  

  as long as my wife gives me a good blowjob and a hot pot of coffee every night, our earnings are meaningless
  
  /con alma
• martyirish

  

  would not be bothered by it at all.
  heck I would be thrilled
• pmoney25

  

  My wife just recently started making more money than me. About 5k more a year. I do not care at all. I essentially took about a 20-25k paycut to make this happen mainly because my previous job had high commission opportunity but I worked way too much. Decided I would rather watch my kids grow up than be at work all the time.
• vball10set

  Thread Bomber;963641 wrote:Zwick, You wife does make a heluva lot more than you think. I have paid her in excess of 10 grand for uhhhm... Favors.

  reps for the avatar
• Mr. 300

  

  Doesn't bother me in the least. As a matter of fact, I friggin love it. We are able to have everything we want and provide a great life for our kids. We both work extremely hard at what we do.
  
  
  Now, if she could just beat her cancer my life would be complete!
• jmog

  If my wife made more than I do I would be happy. We are like Con_Alma, ours is our money regardless of who makes it.
  
  Right now my wife is a stay at home mom, which is my favorite job for her, and I still view the money as 100% "ours" and not mine.
  
  When she was working she was making about half what I do, and her money went straight to our savings account, we never spent it.
• HitsRus

  

  I wouldn't care if she made more than me and had less education.
  
  but if she makes a lot more than you, AND has superior education...I could see how you could be insecure...she'd probably be only keeping you around for your penis.
• wes_mantooth

  

  HitsRus;963908 wrote:I wouldn't care if she made more than me and had less education.
  
  but if she makes a lot more than you, AND has superior education...I could see how you could be insecure...she'd probably be only keeping you around for your penis.

  
  I am fine with a bitch making all the money and keeping me around for my dong. No shame.
• sleeper

  

  There's no way my wife will ever make more than I do. I marry for looks and cooking talent, and nothing else.
• Cat Food Flambe'

  

  No problem here - in fact, Lady D'Friskies made more that I did for about five years when I changed careers a few years back and went back to college again. Between the job change and the second degree, I now get paid about half again as much as we did together at that time. That's leverage.
  
  Two people working together toward a common goal can accomplish a hell of a lot.
• redstreak one

  

  My wife made more than me for 5 years until I took a 2nd job! Didnt bother me a bit, we have 3 mouths to feed.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  derek bomar;963405 wrote:My fiancée works for the state. I make about 2.5x what she does. I would love it if she got a raise.

  So how did you vote on issue 2?
• ernest_t_bass

  

  There is more to this question that is underlying, though. It's not just making more... when this question is asked, you have to include, "If your wife made more than you, and expected to make certain decisions as the majority bread earner, etc." how would you feel?
  
  It's easy to just answer the question... "What if your wife MADE more." No one will say "no way!" When a man thinks of his wife making more, you KNOW the thought comes into his mind of his wife trying to become more of a dominant (what we would view as a man's job) household figure.
• GoChiefs

  

  ernest_t_bass;964001 wrote:So how did you vote on issue 2?

  Yes.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  GoChiefs;964014 wrote:Yes.

  So did I.
• Iliketurtles

  

  I don't have a wife.
  
  Hope this helps.
• Con_Alma

  pmoney25;963857 wrote:... Decided I would rather watch my kids grow up than be at work all the time.

  That's fantastic. Your time with your kids is more valuable than your services in the labor-force. They'll be gone soon enough. Time accelerates.