There comes a point where what you make doesn't matter once you're making so far past what you need to support your lifestyle. I dated a woman who made 7 figures and I dated a woman who made 70k. As long as she's spending far less than she makes I don't care what she makes because her money doesn't affect me. If she makes more than me I'm not going to change my lifestyle any. If her priorities with money are "now I've got a high earner so I'm going to go on a spending spree" then we aren't compatible anyway. If she wants somebody that can blow half a million every summer in the south of France with her, I wouldn't do that even if I had that kind of money, so we lack a basic compatibility that goes beyond how much I make.
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Yeah it really does not matter who makes the most money.
I've dated girls when I was a university student and they were working, I was penniless and they had a fairly good wage.
Equally relationships where she was on a higher rank / grade and earning more.
Really does not matter
Yes. However, in my experience, I've had to be understanding and patient with his sense of masculenity. I've found other ways to make him feel manly in the relationship. For instance, I'll always ask him to fix things around the house. I'll always hold onto him for protection when we're watching scary movies. I constantly flirt with him about his muscles and tell him how strong he is/how much I love them. In bed I'll talk dirty about his muscular body and his penis (and constantly talk about how "huge" it is)
By doing all those things I'm able to help my man feel very masculine/manly in our relationship (despite the fact that I make quite a bit more than him)
Sure but there has to be other balance in terms of the household etc
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Yes but only if the guy takes on more of the house duties or makes up for it in other ways. Seems like the problems arise when the guy who is making less still wants the woman to do most of the house work because that's a "Woman's" job.
I think so unless the guy gets super jealous or insecure
Yes, it's irrelevant to me. I've been relationships where it's been both ways.
yes, i work in hi tech and many maybe most of the nerds who liked me earned more. no problem.
Not very often. More often the not the woman will end up resenting him for it. It might work if she's a real butterface. Because then he's bringing something to the relationship she wouldn't recieve otherwise.
For many years my wife made more money than I did. We never made an issue about it
Why would that make any difference? I mean someone has to make more than the other, right?
Yes, if the man doesn't have a typical fragile male ego about a woman's out-earning a man.
Usually not. Pretty soon the woman begins seeing thean as "lesser" and begins treating him as such.
I would love that shit.
Especially I could retire early because she made that much.Of course
Duh.
Not with me, no
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