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I don't agree with them about it being open-minded, but flipping the situation in your example doesn't compare. Marrying up is going to improve your networth,
by dx87 7y ago
I don't agree with them about it being open-minded, but flipping the situation in your example doesn't compare. Marrying up is going to improve your networth, marrying down is going to lower it. Being unwilling to marry down, but being willing to marry up, is just common sense to even the most closed-minded person.
- Pfhreak 7y agoCommon sense and culture don't always align. In traditional American culture, until recently, it was expected that men earned the income and women kept the house.
- CrazyStat 7y agoYou're dramatically underestimating the power of societal expectations. Heterosexual couples in the US where the wife earns more than the husband lie about their incomes [1] to reduce the difference in earnings. Going against societal expectations is not "just common sense" to most people. Full disclosure: my wife earns way more than I do, though that was not what we expected when we got married. [1] https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2018/07/wives-earning-more-than-husbands.html https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2018/07/wives-earning...