Does your significant other make more money than you?

SoYank · 09-02-2007, 05:13 AM

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Originally Posted by dxb335d

whats OBYGN?

Google is your friend.

Nikki · 09-02-2007, 01:25 PM

Neither of us make money ahhaa. He just got finished with his co-op, starts classes again this week and I still haven't found a job.

Mr Practical · 09-02-2007, 01:34 PM

I make about 2.X more than my wife...and *if* all of the sudden she got a fat promotion where she was making more than I am currently...I would be in heaven and the very next day contact my S.A. to get me on the waiting list for the new M3

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Now if the roles were reveresed and she was making my current salary and I, hers....I think there would be certainly a change in dyanmic, but I think we could roll with it.

Sara · 09-02-2007, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by WhiteAngel

I use to make more, now he got a new job and makes double of what I'm getting. Its all good tho. He buys me mods for my birthday

Does he have a brother?

Revlis · 09-04-2007, 11:14 AM

Glad to see this hasn't turned into a "Your not the Man of the House if your Wife Makes more." Knuckle Dragging Fest. Seems that there is a great number of surprisingly insecure men who simply cannot handle the idea of their woman making more than they do.

My wife and I started with Nothing... I mean Nothing. Decent apartment full of hand me down furniture, car that I had in High School, and I had my motorcycle. That was about it as far as assets went. We went to school full time, and worked and part time jobs. We moved in together after about a 6-month get to know ya phase, married about a year after that.

Anyway, long story short. I made all or MORE than she did for the first few years of our marriage. Silly me she was still in school. She made more than me just 1 year out of school, and She now makes more than Double my salary and I do pretty well as an Art Director...

Took a couple of years to sorta get over it, no matter how much I told myself that I am a modern guy and it doesn't matter, it did matter for a couple of years. But, it's the difference between a Mathematics Degree, and a 4.0 from a Private university and a 3.1 Fine Arts Degree from a State University.

I am very thankful that I have a strong willed, independent, and secure woman to share my life with. I know she is with me for ME, there simply isn't ANYTHING keeping her around other than the fact that she digs me. She doesn't NEED me for anything, and it's a terrific feeling. I'd hate to have some desperately bored, empty headed, and needy wife at home pining for me and shopping for as a hobby.

Your income doesn't determine whether you are the "Man of the House" or not. If that's the only way you know you are the "MAN", then there is something horribly wrong.

Revlis · 09-04-2007, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by dxb335d

whats OBYGN?

I consider it a Hobby...

matt.love84 · 09-04-2007, 01:19 PM

she's getting close! lol. she just signed on as paris hilton's personal makeup artist.

uh oh for me.

I make quite a bit of money doing what I do, but at the same time.. well I won't go there.

F87LUV · 09-04-2007, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Sara504

Does he have a brother?

or two

SoYank · 09-04-2007, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Revlis

But, it's the difference between a Mathematics Degree, and a 4.0 from a Private university and a 3.1 Fine Arts Degree from a State University.

A 3.1 average isn't anything to sneeze at no matter where you get it, be it from a public or private school.

Revlis · 09-04-2007, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by SoYank

A 3.1 average isn't anything to sneeze at no matter where you get it, be it from a public or private school.

Well a 3.1 and being a Just slightly Above Average Artist will do it every time!

Actually it's the Being a Metalsmith part that sort of limited my prospects right out of school. Well that and laking a little vision. But I pulled it off and haven't looked back. I still create for a living, supervise those more talented than me and make a fair bit more than the National Household Average, so I am not going to be TOO ashamed of my 3.1 GPA.

gonzo · 09-04-2007, 02:43 PM

The lower the number, the better?
I sure hope so......

Revlis · 09-04-2007, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by gonzo

The lower the number, the better?
I sure hope so......

Are you asking about GPA? 3.1 VS 4.0 ? Or Something else?

Bimmerista · 09-04-2007, 04:16 PM

Nope,

But she does earn a very good living in and of itself....

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09-02-2007, 01:25 PM	#46
Nikki Major General 1059 Rep 6,381 Posts Drives: Sepang Z4MC Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: LA iTrader: (9)	Neither of us make money ahhaa. He just got finished with his co-op, starts classes again this week and I still haven't found a job. __________________ Nikki
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Mr Practical Second Lieutenant 21 Rep 218 Posts Drives: E90 335 - TiAg Join Date: May 2007 Location: So Cal iTrader: (0)	I make about 2.X more than my wife...and if all of the sudden she got a fat promotion where she was making more than I am currently...I would be in heaven and the very next day contact my S.A. to get me on the waiting list for the new M3 . Now if the roles were reveresed and she was making my current salary and I, hers....I think there would be certainly a change in dyanmic, but I think we could roll with it. Last edited by Mr Practical; 09-02-2007 at 02:39 PM..
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Revlis Now With 33% MORE Sarcasm Free! 163 Rep 3,462 Posts Drives: M4 i3 X3 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Phoenix AZ iTrader: (0)	Glad to see this hasn't turned into a "Your not the Man of the House if your Wife Makes more." Knuckle Dragging Fest. Seems that there is a great number of surprisingly insecure men who simply cannot handle the idea of their woman making more than they do. My wife and I started with Nothing... I mean Nothing. Decent apartment full of hand me down furniture, car that I had in High School, and I had my motorcycle. That was about it as far as assets went. We went to school full time, and worked and part time jobs. We moved in together after about a 6-month get to know ya phase, married about a year after that. Anyway, long story short. I made all or MORE than she did for the first few years of our marriage. Silly me she was still in school. She made more than me just 1 year out of school, and She now makes more than Double my salary and I do pretty well as an Art Director... Took a couple of years to sorta get over it, no matter how much I told myself that I am a modern guy and it doesn't matter, it did matter for a couple of years. But, it's the difference between a Mathematics Degree, and a 4.0 from a Private university and a 3.1 Fine Arts Degree from a State University. I am very thankful that I have a strong willed, independent, and secure woman to share my life with. I know she is with me for ME, there simply isn't ANYTHING keeping her around other than the fact that she digs me. She doesn't NEED me for anything, and it's a terrific feeling. I'd hate to have some desperately bored, empty headed, and needy wife at home pining for me and shopping for as a hobby. Your income doesn't determine whether you are the "Man of the House" or not. If that's the only way you know you are the "MAN", then there is something horribly wrong. __________________ A BMW is Just a Car, it doesn't make you smart, handsome, clever, better, cool, or wealthy.
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matt.love84 xXx 68 Rep 82 Posts Drives: 2006 E90. Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: San Diego, CA iTrader: (0)	she's getting close! lol. she just signed on as paris hilton's personal makeup artist. uh oh for me. I make quite a bit of money doing what I do, but at the same time.. well I won't go there.
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Bimmerista Major General 86 Rep 5,732 Posts Drives: superstock Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada iTrader: (0)	Nope, But she does earn a very good living in and of itself.... __________________ __________________________ 2016 435 xdrive GC white on black leather interior, Msport1, Msport2, premium package 2015 Lincoln MKX, silver on brown leather, premium package - that's right! Techno-Groovy baby
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