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When financial success creates tension in intimate relationships

I make more money than my husband and he says he is fine with it, but he has started making jokes about being a kept man that feel like tiny cuts.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Exceeding traditional gender roles can generate resentment even within supportive partnerships.

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