The Root of all Evil

Gentleman's Corner: Men if you're in a relationship and your woman makes MORE money than you, does that affect the dynamics of the relationship? One night your girl makes dinner and afterwards you are sitting in her bedroom and you notice her paystub is lying on the nightstand. Temptation gets the best of you and you glance over it and it reveals that her paycheck is bigger than yours. Does this bring a negative affect on your relationship? Does such a fact conjure up negative feelings of jealousy, anger, and resentment? Or does cooler heads prevail and you see that this doesn't even factor into how you feel toward your lady at all? I was in a relationship where I brought home more bacon than him. He actually confronted me about it and was in shock. Initially, it took him a while to adjust to the fact I made more. It pissed me of that he had such a strong reaction to me it did not matter I loved him the same regardless of who take home pay was more. I did not see it as if he was some how less valuable to me. His ego got in the way a lot it was like a strange love triangle. His ego and I did battle for a while until he finally saw that me making more money should not change the dynamic of our relationship. Sometimes a man ego cannot handle a woman in a position of power so to speak. It takes a certain kind of man to handle such a thing and be ok with it. Men please do not feel threatened if the leading lady in your life is ahead of you in the income bracket. Money does not and should not determine how your relationship should go. Do not allow your ego to stand in the way of love. In situations like mine the man feels a sense of a loss of control in the relationship. He feels that there should be a certain balance and when the woman makes more it tips the scale in her favor. He holds contempt for her and resents the fact her money stands higher. He may think she feels a sense of entitlement and may even feel she thinks she is better than him. Should a woman making more money be a dominating factor in a relationship? Does this change the balance of the relationship? Can you all still be on the same level despite the fact she makes more?