Who is the Breadwinner?

starrystarry

Woolwich_Kim wrote: »

What about those who aren't married

I don't think there's any such thing as unmarried couples in whatever century the OP is living in. Or same sex couples.

System

I am (the husband, i.e.). She is a teacher and I am an accountant so my earning potential in the long term is far greater than hers but when we started they were fairly equal. It works really well for us as she dropped down to 3 days a week after our son was born and will now drop down to 2 days after her maternity leave for our second is over.

My wife is currently on maternity leave with a 2 year 7 month old and a 7 month old going through teething. No doubt she works much harder than I do!

Woolwich_Kim

starrystarry wrote: »

I don't think there's any such thing as unmarried couples in whatever century the OP is living in. Or same sex couples.

Well it could be argued that there is such thing as a 'commonlaw wife/husband' or that in same sex one is still the man and other a woman.

Georgiegirl256

Are you male or female OP? I always thought you were female, but now I'm not so sure?

Regardless, it shouldn't matter really, as you are a team, a partnership.

egoode

I earnt around 3-4 times more than my last boyfriend but he never seemed to care and had nothing to do with why we broke up. To be honest I earn more than most people I've met but then money for me is actually not that important beyond being able to provide what I would like to do in my life. Other than getting Business Class tickets to visit my family in Australia and occasionally going to an expensive restaurant I don't really flash my cash around too much so I don't think most people would have any idea I earn so much.

If I met someone that had a major issue with me earning more than them I really couldn't stay in a relationship with them.

paulineb_2

!!!!!!, I live on my own and am not married so can't answer

anotheruser

carrielovesfanta wrote: »

I'm the breadwinner while hubby is in uni.
He's feels it VERY acutely and is really embarrassed by it.

It's the same for me but the other way.
I tell her she will probably earn a lot more than me in the end so it will share out

Woolwich_Kim wrote: »

What about those who aren't married

I thought about this but didn't know what to write as the answers. Originally I had Mum/Dad but that wasn't right and Male/Female didn't sound good either. The answers still aren't right!

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

Are you male or female OP? I always thought you were female, but now I'm not so sure?

Maybe I am both.... being equal opportunities and all that.

neverdespairgirl

anotheruser wrote: »

Who is the breadwinner in your family, the Husband or the Wife?

I like to think of myself as pretty liberal and modern, but I am sure I would feel bad if the Wife was earning more than the Husband. But then I guess it would depend on how much more. A few thousand isn't a big difference but when it is getting on five or even twenty thousand, it's pretty hard going

Sorry, you are a complete fail on the "liberal and modern" angle.

Goldiegirl

margaretclare wrote: »

Both of us. It's an equal partnership.

Yes, same here.

At various times in our marriage my husband has earned more than me, I've earned more than him, and other times we've been on a similar income.

But we've always been joint breadwinners. The money is classed as ours, so it doesn't matter who has earned what.

Woolwich_Kim

In my last relationship my partner earned about twice as much as I did.

However, he was incredibly stingie whereas I was more generous and I paid more for joint things over the course of our relationship.