Relying on your Husband/partner financially

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My husband has a fantastic job and I don't need to work. My hubby told me that if I didn't want to work and if I wanted to be a stay-at-home mom, or just a housewife until we have kids, that it is A-ok with him. But, I was raised to be independant. In this day in age, you just never know what will happen...Infidelity, death, sickness, the list goes on and on. I just prefer to work. I am not the housewife kind of person. I don't cook, I don't clean, I'm not having kids for awhile. I also don't want to have to ask hubby everytime I want something. I want the freedom to go out and buy things if I want them. I also want to have the feeling that I would be alright and I could stand on my own 2 feet if something ever happened to my hubby. Even if you have a degree and you are a housewife, if something happens to your hubby years and years down the road, you will have a hard time finding a job at an older age when you haven't had work experience in so many years.

Now, this is just my opinion and how I feel. Some women make GREAT stay-at-home moms and excellent housewives. It is just my personality that prefers the working world. I would not feel like I was fulfilled if I didn't work, and an unfulfilled woman makes a bad wife and a bad mother. So, working is just what is best for me. Also, our marriage counselor said that the best relationships are those in which both people have equal education levels. My hubby has a post-graduate degree, and that is what I am pursuing myself.

Sorry this is so long. I am sure whatever you decide will be the right choice for YOU and YOUR future and YOUR family. Everyone is different.