Are you giving equity to everyone? Besides being a spouse, how the spouse different than any other employee? Would you offer this deal to all employees spouse

Are you giving equity to everyone? Besides being a spouse, how the spouse different than any other employee? Would you offer this deal to all employees spouses? Were they paid a fair and equitable rate? I can see your concern in the last line that the fear is they just waited for you at the finish line and want to get a piece of the prize money.