To keep his ego and to keep his wife's respect.
2007-10-07 16:15:22 · 35 answers · asked by Somewhere in Time 3 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
Only if you have a very shallow wife.
2007-10-07 16:17:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 4⤋
It's an inevitability that someday many, many women will make more than their husbands. Just look at the gender percentages in colleges, and the upper brackets of the workforce will soon follow.
However, as things currently stand, it may not be the 50s, but I still think most women look to marry equal or up, and most men still feel the need to be the primary breadwinner. But then, I was a kid in the 70s, and I think I was probably the last generation to be raised with such notions.
I would LOVE my wife to be making more money than me. I want nothing more than to shirk the pressures and responsibilities of this godforsaken corporate coil!
2007-10-07 16:26:19 · answer #2 · answered by towknie1 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. My wife makes $9000 a year more than I do. We are still best friends. She respects me more for working at all. Money is nothing but a brick. Respect should never be validated by a bank account or a paycheck. That is why this country is so screwed up. Everything is equated to value. My ego is fine.
2007-10-07 16:21:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I suppose that would be true, if he lacks an ego, and she only respects money. Many excellent relationships exist when the wife earns more. But not if the husband is just too lazy to work--he must earn respect from his attitude and actions, not just by his paycheck.
2007-10-07 16:19:54 · answer #4 · answered by gwhillikers2000 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not in this generation. A husband just needs to know that his wife respects him for what he is doing and if she does make more than him she isnt cocky about it. As long as she still make him feel like the head of the house. Households need money, the more money the better. If something goes wrong and the husband cant work, its very nice to know that the wife can still keep things going so he dont have to be too stressed about just taking any job to make ends meet. Just as long as the wife doesnt throw the situation in his face. If wife is thinking about making extra money,, there are online jobs that seem to work here are some links: https://paydotcom.com/r/11804/lesroy2006/1860392/ and https://paydotcom.com/r/7599/lesroy2006/1916371/ and https://paydotcom.com/r/13010/lesroy2006/1916404/
2007-10-07 16:28:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
not at all unless he has an ego problem. To give you the best examples of that, think of Shania Twain and her husband, reba McIntyre, to name just two that come to mind - does that show I am a country music fan? lol - If she does something he can not which makes more money they should both be grateful and she should respect the fact that he is there to support her and enable her to make that amount of money and he should realize that it is not an ego thing but an ability thing that she has and he does not have.
2007-10-07 16:26:01 · answer #6 · answered by Al B 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, but sadly, a lot of men think they are failures if the wife makes more money. It is ego-related and that is sad, but true. I have met very few men who would say, "you go girl" to their wives. They are insulted. But I don't know any women who make more money than their husbands. Not even one.
2007-10-11 15:29:01 · answer #7 · answered by rocksister 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think its better for most men, I think most want to feel like the provider still. Its not a social thing as some suggest, but a biological thing. However there are some that do not mind their wife making more. This is something that is becoming more common as more and more women choose their career first and then start a family.
2007-10-07 16:19:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
NO. as long as you both love, respect each other, have your health, being responsible & getting all your bills paid, then it shouldn't matter who makes more. Money can't buy respect & if making more money helps "keep your ego" then....you have a serious problem within yourself, I would advise to seek counseling. Money isn't everything.
2007-10-07 16:27:20 · answer #9 · answered by sugarBear 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, not unless he's a misogynist who resents women outside of the kitchen. To keep his wife's respect? Oh please, what kind of self respecting woman who feel less respect for a man who didn't make as much money as her?? There is no such thing.
This kind of crap only goes on with a woman hating man and a self hating woman.
2007-10-07 16:19:40 · answer #10 · answered by some female 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. My mom always made over 3x as much as my dad. When my mom was going to college to support us financially my dad made me, my brother, and my mom dinner, bathed us and put us to bed when we were little, did chores, groceries, everything. My mom was always the financial provider and we are a close family. Any guy who's ego is bruised by this is a lame-o.
2007-10-07 16:19:13 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋