Man being less successful than his partner?

I believe it needs a strong man to accept the fact that his wife is more successful than him or gets more money than him. They feel less important when their wife are in a better position than them and then they might be a hurle to the woman's life. It needs a strong man to accept this fact though. In my relationship it is okay because each one contributes in the house no matter who puts more or less. My partner is okay with that but sometimes he can tell you do do something more but it happens rarely. He does most of the stuffs at home so I only buy what I feel to buy.

I think for as long as both love each other it should not matter at all. I am one of those that are in these kind of situation. My wife is a teacher and being so they are required to take masteral courses to further themselves in their current ranking. My job doesn't require me to get one so I decided not to get one. Since I worked in a foundation you cannot expect me to rise the ranks since we are not that competitive and movement from within is not as fast as in her work. So as a result my wife would move higher in ranks than in my case. It does not affect our relationship who brings more bacon in the home for as long as I share what I earn and she as the one that can bring in more. With the liberalization of women nowadays, we expect that the role of the woman in the family can become co-equals already. With this we have to erase the belief that it is only the man who is supposed to support the family but it is now a responsibility of both the husband and wife since women are given the same privileges a man can do to his family.

there will always be one person in a couple more successful than the other, and it doesn't matter which one is which. because of my partners illness he cannot work, and I can only work part time as I am his carer. his benefits come to more than my part time wages and carers allowance, but I am the one working. but because we are a PARTNERSHIP it doesn't matter who is more successful. just how well the two of us manage as a couple

I think it hurts a man's ego, if the woman is doing better then the man... But a stronger man would just accept that, and be happy about it.. In the end the man benefits from her success too. Its all going into the same house hold.. At the same time it would be wrong for the woman to sit there and make the man feel less of person.. Either way the success is really better for the whole.. Looking at the positive end of it instead of turning the situation into a negative one.. My ex was like that, when I was doing very well in college, he made it a point to sit there and make it extremely hard for me to succeed.. He has a major EGO problem, a reason why I am no longer with him.. He tried to put his jealous on me.. and I allowed it, but it was not right for him to sit there and look at it so negatively...In a relationship if one is succeeding they both are, regardless if it is the man or the woman.. Supporting the other person is just as important as the one making it..