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Originally posted by Number5:
I just can't condone my taking what isn't mine unless, as you say, I earned it. I've lost a lot this year being married to him. I gave up a great job with great benefits to marry him.
Sounds to me like you did earn it. You gave up a job with benefits to marry him and care for him. Making a home ought to pay something.

Part of our problem as women is that we don't value what we do to make a home. Believe me if husbands had to pay someone to do all we do, it would cost a lot more than $35K. A bookkeeper makes more than that. And then there's the cleaning and cooking.

I say you have earned something and you deserve some form of compensation for a year of your life.

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