The Husband should bring most of the money in the family

@hafiz008 (450)
India
September 2, 2011 10:50am CST
According to me husband should bring most of the money to the family for their daily expenditure. Husbands has more responsibility and authority to the family.In religious concern it gives priority to husbands. If wife bring more money lead to discomfort in their relationship. What do you say about it.
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@Simon1223 (903)
• China
2 Sep 11
According to the traditional views, the husband earned money to support the family while the wife did all the housework and took care of the children. But in the modern society especially metropolis, the situation has changed to a large extent. Many women have received high education and find high-income jobs. Instead of staying at home, they still choose to do their work after marriage, which means they take the same responsibilities as their husbands. The relationship between husband and wife has been becoming more equal.
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@hafiz008 (450)
• India
3 Sep 11
yeah you are right. I think today women are highly educated and got high paying job so they also have responsibility on their family as the same husband. Thanks for your response.
• United States
2 Sep 11
I disagree. Couples should decide individually what positions they want. If she wants to be a stay at home mom and husband works, that's okay, that what I do. But if a woman wants to continue her career, they should decide if the man will stay with the kids( if they have any or plan to) or if he wants to work also. Men can have higher paying jobs, but women need the choice to work and bring in money also.
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@hafiz008 (450)
• India
3 Sep 11
I think it is better the man work and his wife look after kid. It is because women are more known how to look after a kid and women have more patience as compared to man.In my discussion I don't want to say that women have to sit in home always.The man are more responsible to look after the family by earning more money.
@cupkitties (7421)
• United States
3 Sep 11
IF that's how you wanna do things where you are... BUt where I am it doesn't make any sense. We complain about equality so I think we should act like it. Making the man carry all of the burden does not seem equal to me.
@mantis36 (4219)
• Philippines
3 Sep 11
even though majority said that a women now can do things that a man can do, but still, husbands are majority bring most of the money in the family.....
• Philippines
3 Sep 11
So you're suggesting that the husband should be competitive enough to bring in more money for the family? If that's the case, then the relationship doesn't aim for the survival of the family, but to bring the heirarchy of the family to a state where the father is at the top. I don't think it's a healthy situation. What the pair should always think of is to how to keep their family happy and healthy, not this kind of discrimination.
@hafiz008 (450)
• India
3 Sep 11
No, I didn't mean like that. I don't want to discriminate between men and women. I am told in my discussion that husband are more responsible than wife. The husband should make money to support the family earning. It doesn't mean women have to sit in home always. If a man cant afford a family then he must not get married.
@ennylrak (30)
• Philippines
3 Sep 11
I don't think it matters who brings more money to the family. There is nothing wrong if the woman/wife earns more than the man/husband. I think men are just compelled to bring home more money since it's all part of the job - that of being a man, a husband and the head of the family. And maybe because if men/husbands earn more, they have more control, right, and who doesn't want that? :)
• United States
2 Sep 11
I think if the woman stays at home with the kids, then he has to. But, if she does not, then I think a woman should do something or whatever she can to bring in some kind of income. You never know what can happen in a marriage, and I think that a woman should always have her own money, and help to provide for her kids as well.
• India
2 Sep 11
i don think so ,according to it doesent matter who brings money ,it only depends up on their love and caring toowards each other.priority depends on the resposibilities you feel towards your family and loving them ,not simply earning more money than wife.i hope you got it my friend.
@koperty3 (1876)
2 Sep 11
I can not agree with you. This is 21 century and both sexes got the same rights ( in most of the countries) in every aspect of life. I spoke to my partner about it one day and he said that he wouldn't mind if I would earn more that he does. There would be no arguments and conflicts about it. We both share responsibility for everything. And noone is more important that the other person in our relationship. The most important to us is living with harmony.
@WakeUpKitty (8694)
• Netherlands
2 Sep 11
Fact is many men do feel terrible if their wife is the only one working, is higher educated or has a higher income as he has. I don't know if it has to do with religion but it has been like that for ages. Women give birth take care of the babies, look for wood to make fire, for fruit, nuts etc. They were the 1st farmers. Men went out for hunting. How it should be, what is the best or normal to your opinion depends on where you live, how you are raised, educated etc. If your opinion is completely different as your husbands you have a big problem.