Financial Independence.
I believe it should be something that mothers and wives alike should try to achieve, whether you are happily married with two beautiful kids living in the outskirts of town or a fierce businesswoman living in an uptown condo with your lawyer husband.
Given our double-standard society, buying power is the ultimate equalizer. Your husband will not have complete control over you if you have a loud say on the monthly expenses at home. During untoward marital circumstances, you will not hesitate to call it quits because you have the capacity and the resources to feed you and your kids and put a roof above all your heads while at it. If you can buy a dainty Demi Curve or a pair of Givenchy without asking your husband's approval or his credit card, you remain a free woman.
I am not trying to desecrate the value of marriage or the partnership it entails. All I'm saying is that, there is nothing wrong with having your own money outside the wonted "marriage money". You can use it to fund for family emergencies. And when push comes to shove, you can also use the money to speed your way out of the house and pay for a nice hotel room where you can think things through.
Financial independence. Think about it.
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