Are You Willing To Sacrifice....

i wud never do this...the wife shud not make her husband feel small abt his lesser income...infact she shud talk to him abt planning a better future for their family with the joint income...i and my hubby have joint accounts and we freely use the money frm either accounts no questions asked...we plan our investment and property purchases...

If the wife is happy in her career, then she should definitely stick with it. A husband's jealousy and bruised ego is no reason to quit and stay home! If she did that, then not only would she lose respect for herself, but her husband would likely lose respect for her - I feel that if a man cannot accept his woman being successful at whatever she wants to do, he isn't fit to be a husband. If he is jealous, then he needs to find out how to be more successful HIMSELF, instead of pouting that his wife makes more money. He wants to make more money than his wife? Then he should work harder!

I think that a person shouldn't have to give up what they want to please their spouse. I think that if you really love someone you would like to see them happy and if that is making more money than me then it doesn't really matter. I always wanted to stay home when my children were young and that is what I did. if someone told me to leave them with a babysitter and work I would have said no.

i don't think the wife should give up her career as long as she can play the role of both being the vice-president and a wife. if his ego is hurting its his problem. he gotta do something to be much more of what his wife is. anyway im not the type of person who will give my career just because my husband tells me and his ego is hurt. otherwise i can quit the job if he can be the president of the company. i had studied very well and finished a reputable degree just to be a housewife all my life.

I am not willing to sacrifice my career, never, even I have not been about to my work. For a woman, it is very important to have her own things to do. Life will be tedious if a woman lose her jobs.

That's a tough question, If the husband earning is more than enough for their necessity and luxury, then He can talk to her wife to take care their family. But if his earning is not enough, he can not blame his wife on pursuing a career.

of course not... i don't think that we women have to feed the men's ego... if we can do better than them, why not??? they just have to accept it and get a life... fortunately, my hubby is not that kind of person... he lets me do whatever i want as long as i am happy... take care and have a nice day...

I think it will really be a foolish decision for the wife to quit. when she has really a successful career, why should she quit? just for her conservative husband?I think the husband is acting like insane. the man should not have married avery successful lady then at first place.

Actually if I had it to do all over again, NO...no way...not at all. Your husband may not always be there. Then you will have nothing to fall back on. After being at home and not working for years it's very hard to get back in the work force and starting at the bottom again is not going to pay the bills. Trust me...I know. It may hurt his ego. But you need to realize that one day heaven forbid, he may not be there for whatever reason. We pray this never happens. You can put your money up in a savings account. Work, only use your money for your expenses for getting to work and a sitter or whatever is needed. Then the rest goes in the bank. Let him see what it would be like without your income. But most important put the money into a savings account. Also, if you do not work and pay taxes you will not be able to collect disability or SSI when you need to. This is important. Don't do anything just for someones ego or otherwise.

I am a women. I won't not sacrifice plainly for his ego. Being a lovely husband, he should offer to his wife, what kind of life that her wife would like to have, he can't decide for her. What's wrong if the wife can earn more, it doesn't mean that the wife is paying for his bill, bill, bill. He could just enjoy for himself as he doesn't have to buy expensive branded stuff for his wife and she herself can afford for herself. And most importantly, there are better education for the children. This kind of ego is too selfish...I really can't accept that.

It is not a joke for anyone to reisgn such a good job. Why should she 'only' sacriifice her career. They must sit together & find a way that will suitable for both & their family.

I am a woman and I don't think that I would sacrifice my career if I was the breadwinner, which is what this woman sounds like she is, just to stroke my husband's ego. The thing is, how does a man who is thinks like this get with a woman who is almost running a fortune 500 company. They should have really worked this out before hand, a long time ago.

I would do what made me happy and I would encourage him to do the same. A marriage is a partnership, not a contest. Stereotypical role assignments are a thing of the past and unless he gets on board with that he may well be too.

Personally, my opinion on the matter is a husband shouldn't compete or get jealous over the career of his wife. If I'm the husband I'd rather cooperate and help my wife, it would be more constructive and generally good in the marriage. Regarding my ego, I wouldn't based it only as to who brings the bigger bread on the table, I'd find things that I'm good at and focus on it so I could help my wife in that aspect that way my confident won't falter. There are many things with which a husband/father can boost his ego. As to sacrifice, It would be selfish for any man or husband that would ask his higher earning wife to quit just to satisfy his whim, I mean be practical I'd rather think that with her earnings and mine could provide a better and lighter future to the family as a whole.

i dont think it is right for th husband to ask the wife to give up her work just so his husband won't be disgraced with the success of the wife. if the husband can't provide well and have married her and made her stay at home from the start, and the woman is forced to work and became more successful than the man, i think that will have more problems.

My nephew stays home with the kids because his wife makes a really good salary. They love it! I don't understand why men think they have to make more than their women. Something is wrong in their head.

I'm a guy, But I think it would be crazy for that wife to give it up just to satisfy his husband's conservative thinking. If you really want to provide good life to your family, to your kids, you've got to have something that can make you able to do that. Not ego. for sure. Unless the husband can sustain the family well, and be able to give a good life, he has no right to tell the wife to stop working and stay at home.. what, to starve??? LOL!

What an ego trip that is. Here is the deal many women, for years would stay home and be little happy homemakers and care givers, please do not find this insulting it is by far probably the most rewarding job one can have. The divorce rate began to rise, men leaving the marriage the woman not having any experience in the work industry. Now all of a sudden thier whole life changed not only did the woman not have money for things she wanted now she found herself not being able to give the children the neccesities in life. Most women have the ability to do all of the above just not for 24 hours a day. Womans rights and equality has come a long way and for a men to ask this of a woman is a selfish human. If that were me I would not and I emphasize on NOT change who I am for a man or anyone else for that matter. "You can always rely on yourself but only fools rely on others."

Are you kidding! I am a woman, and in my home it is similar. My boyfriend support me fully, and I have already told him that as far as I am concerned today it is my career that is important to me. I am not considering having children etc at this point, because I am happy with my job and my career and I have spent several year in university to do what I do now so that has to come first. I think the woman in your example would probably not be very happy after a while, if working and leading a busy life is her forte, then being a stay at home mother tied to the stove will probably make her very unhappy. I cannot stand men who have such opinions about women!