Lots of idealism, if not naivete, in these comments.
The last several years have seen clusters of articles on the contempt that many women have for men who earn less (both from the perspective of dating prospects and spouses), the not uncommon financial situation on the part of wives in which “what’s his is ours, what’s mine is mine, and if he doesn’t like it, family court will make it true anyway”, and the profound psychological readjustment necessary on the part of men (if not both parties) when faced with such a culturally ingrained characteristic of gender identity being changed dramatically, not to mention the ever-popular second-class (at best) treatment of men in culture and law that compounds all of these situations.
Yes, there are relationships that probably can handle this scenario, and I’m sure we’re all happy for them. But given the articles of the past few years, they aren’t the majority. The majority will not speak, any more than the bottom slope of the genital-size bell curve will pronounce their measurements.
