“I drive a nice car. People assume my husband bought it for me.”
found that when wives are the primary earners, husbands’ leisure time increased significantly compared to those whose earnings were about equal, while the time they spent on caregiving and housework stayed about the same.
She feels male earners generally enjoy more balance at home. “As a woman, you don’t get that option. You still have to do it all,” she said.Am I alone? Is this my fault? Am I doing something wrong? Some women said they maintained an arrangement where each spouse had their own money, either to retain a sense of independence and minimize conflict over spending, or because they didn’t trust their husbands to be responsible if all their money was pooled. One 31-year-old consultant in LA earns $225,000 including bonus, about $190,000 more than her domestic partner. She pays about 80% of their expenses, but they have a domestic partnership agreement that requires their finances to be separate.
In Orlando, Jenn, 34, earns about $97,000 per year as a business analyst, about double her husband’s income as a pharmacy operations manager. Jenn and her husband both have ADHD. “When he’s hyper-focused on something like a new video game, he can blow $200 without thinking about it, and I usually don’t find out until the end of the month when he doesn’t have the money I was expecting him to have,” she said. “So, no, I don't trust him, but he also knows that — and he doesn’t trust himself.
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