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How income disparity complicates relationship power dynamics

My girlfriend expects me to pay for everything because I make more money but she gets angry when I have opinions about how we spend it

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What we've seen

Financial contribution without corresponding decision-making authority creates an unsustainable power imbalance

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“Where Are You with Money and power — who controls resource flows?”

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