Why it's okay if he financially supports you

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Gender roles have gone on an interesting and dizzying roller coaster. First, we needed to break free of the idea that women shouldn’t or couldn’t work (or didn’t want to work). Most of the world came around to the idea that it was okay and even great if both parents wanted to work. Then, things went even further and we became alright with women being the sole breadwinner (gasp) and the husband or father staying at home. Now, we’re realizing that, though extremism worked for a while to tip the scales back in a healthy direction, perhaps we tipped them too far in the other, still wrong, direction. Okay, here’s what I’m getting at: some women would genuinely be happy not working but feel pressured by society to work, so as not to come off as anti-feminist. But isn’t the whole idea behind feminism to let women do whatever they want? And what if what some women want is to be the homemaker? Here is why it’s okay to let your partner financially support you, if that’s what works for you.

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You know you’re not a gold digger

Look, if you’re worried people will see you as a gold digger for living off your partner’s money, who cares?! You know you love your partner for who he is. He knows that. Anyone who doesn’t know that doesn’t belong in your life.