"After a series of promotions over 18 months, her salary tripled - and then he couldn't deal, Dhatt says. Her partner's self-worth was tied directly to his income, and it eroded as her salary grew, Dhatt tells me. He insisted on splitting costs 50-50, leaving her with a disposable income that she wanted to spend on nice things but felt like she couldn't."
"When she proposed booking a luxury vacation for the two of them, for example, he insisted they go on a cheaper trip and divide the cost. She felt like she was compromising. They argued often, and resentment curdled. Dhatt's financial success soon exposed a tension that many couples face today: What happens when she earns more than him? "I'd worked hard to achieve my income level, and I was not reaping the benefits of it," Dhatt says."
"Divorce rates in heterosexual couples rise significantly when a woman is more professionally successful than the man, be that in terms of fame or, more commonly, money. Perhaps even more strikingly, studies also show that the marriages most likely to endure are those that most closely fit the traditional pattern of male breadwinner and female homemaker. A 2023 report from the Institute for Family Studies found that couples in which husbands earn more than their wives have the lowest chance of divorce."
A woman tripled her salary after a series of promotions, prompting her partner's self-worth to erode as his income became comparatively lower. He insisted on splitting costs 50-50, constraining her ability to enjoy increased disposable income and triggering disputes over choices like vacations. Frequent arguments and growing resentment followed. Financial role reversals expose tensions in relationships when women out-earn men. Research links higher divorce rates to situations where women are more professionally successful, while marriages aligned with traditional male-breadwinner and female-homemaker roles show lower divorce likelihood according to a 2023 Institute for Family Studies report.
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