Without trying to hijack this thread (and because I couldn’t find the original post by Sandi) I just wanted to chime in on this point as it really does resonate with me and is partly explaining what is going on with my sitch. When I met my W I ‘outranked’ her and have done throughout our R. But not in a bad way. I earn more, am better with the finances, more decisive, less stressed, more in control etc. When kids came I supported W in her successful career by watching kids as well as running house and running business, earning more than her etc while she travelled a lot and had her social life. So I was kind of a SAHD but also running a very successful business. And she still lost respect for me. I cannot see what more I could have done. I think it is a MLC with depression which has pulled our family apart.
