Interesting topic. My wife and I have pursued directions that would allow us to earn more money. We are both in graduate school now, and there is a good chance she’ll earn more than I will after school. To me, that just means more money for the pot. I think this would be a huge issue if separate accounts were held. As stated previously, “mo money is mo money”. I don’t care how it is earned, as long as we’re (operative word here) earning it. WE.
That being said, I still think there is a question of machismo here. The issue in the relationship sounds more like an inability to be assertive. The money isn’t the problem, it’s that the man may not know how to be a man. The lines are becoming more fuzzy for this distinction as time passes. Where is our John Wayne? Too many forces want men to be anything but manly.
