I make 2.5 times more money than my boyfriend?

[Anonymous]

Am I wrong for this stressing me out? I have a college degree and make 55k whereas my boyfriend doesn’t and makes 24k right now. We’ve been together for three years now and have brought up marriage at some point. How much money a man makes really doesn’t bother me. I’ve always made my own and buy myself what I want. But it does stress me out knowing that most likely im going to be the main financial provider if we were to get married and start a family. That scares me and makes me nervous. Am I wrong for feeling this way and wishing he made a little more?

[Guy13]

How much a man makes never matters until a woman has to carry a man's load. I fault you not.

[Anonymous]

So you're saying you can't live off of 55k? Unless you are flat out taking care of him then what is the problem? I think you're lying to yourself because you don't want to sound "goldiggersih". It's fine to want more for your boyfriend. It's fine to encourage your boyfriend. But at the end of the day it's his life to lead. You don't get to decide these things. If it's that big of a problem you probably need to find a new boyfriend.

[Anonymous]

Does he have any ambition to make something more of himself? If not, I'd say your concern is warranted.

Having said that, modern women have painted themselves into a corner on this issue. They say they don't need and man and, and how much money a man earns is not important, but it obviously is. Women need to start being more honest about this stuff.

[Asker]

He does have ambition to make more something more of himself.

I partly agree with you. I don’t need a man to support just me or buy me everything I want. I can do that myself. However, when it comes to starting a family with kids, supporting BOTH of us together as a couple I don’t need a man who makes millions and millions of dollars but a wage to live a comfortable life where you aren’t worried about whether or not you can pay the bills and able to support him and I together

[Anonymous]

I assume he was the one that asked you out and pursued you

[Asker]

He asked me out first but I was the one that said I wanted to make it exclusive

[Anonymous]

Hopefully it wasn't a math degree

[Asker]

If you’re gonna come at me for my math, at least have the balls to not do it anonymously🙄

[Opinion Owner]

Come at me in the parking lot