More on W working: We got married after our sophomore year at college and had our first baby after junior year. We decided that W would be a SAHM. After a few years (and a couple more babies) she started talking about going back to school, working, wanting something more than where she was. I heard her and tried to encourage w/o pressuring her. She signed up for classes three times but I don't think she earned credits but one of those times. I made enough money, but was never happy in my career, so on the selfish side I was hoping for her help so I could leverage a change. Nothing ever happened. She started getting really into racing, and I tried to encourage and support her in that, even though there wasn't a lot of earning potential in it how she planned it. So it's clear in that where a lot of our problems/stress fracturing came from. But if she's wanting out then I just don't really feel as much responsibility to prop up my end of the bargain, either.