My wife and I both work but I make three times what she does and I can tell the money stress is eating at her, but when I try to reassure her or suggest I cover more expenses she gets defensive. We're stuck in this cycle where my attempts to help make her feel worse about the inequality.
More people experience this than they realize.
Economic imbalance within partnership is generating shame cycles that prevent collaborative financial intimacy.
“Where Are You with Financial anxiety and scarcity mindset?”
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