SINGAPORE: A woman who took to social media with advice for others said she was fine with earning $12,000 a month while her husband earned only $3,000.
In an anonymous post to popular confessions page SGWhispers, the woman, who was responding to another post, wrote: “My husband and I both earn a combined income of well over 15K a month, with me earning more than 80% of this. So i bring home the bacon, so what? Expecting a man to bring home the bacon is passe”.
She explained that her husband did not mind the income gap and would work to find ways to increase his income so that he eased the financial burden on her. She also added that she never expected her husband to buy her gifts and preferred to do her own shopping. “So he helps out in other ways, like when i need to go somewhere he will drive me. I never ever bring up income as an issue and although I pay for most expenses, I am ok with it because he offers to help whenever he can financially”, she said.
The woman wrote that her parents were worried at first but told her she would have to decide if this was what she wanted for the rest of her life. “After all, the ones who have to deal with this fact of life would be you and your partner. If you think you can manage this, then that’s good!” she wrote.
Here’s what others who commented on the post said:
Last month, a woman took to social media after discovering the very different priorities she and her husband had when spending their monthly combined income of $3,200.
In an anonymous post to popular confessions page SGWhispers, the woman wrote that she was a sales assistant in a mall and worked about eight to 10 hours a day, six days a week. Her husband worked in an office and always stayed late till about 8 or 9 pm daily. “We make a total of above 3.2K a month. We have a saving plan which we put in 150 each a month. We are both going into our mid 30s. And it seems like the baby issue have to come into the picture”, she wrote.
The woman added that her husband believed in saving up for their child’s future and cutting costs by taking out childcare and daycare. However, she felt they could not care for their child without a domestic helper. The man suggested his mother could help them care for their child, but the woman said that the mother being over 70 years old and having trouble walking, would hardly be of help.
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