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Are money woes hurting your romance? These days, more women are out-earning their partners. Cosmo investigates whether love can survive an unequal paycheck.(COSMO NEWS: Relationships)(Brief article)
The dinner was romantic; the wine was fantastic. But once again picking up the tab for your boyfriend? Far from priceless, say the growing number of chicks who are footing the bill. "It's no longer so unusual for women to make more than the men they date," says Jackie Black, PhD, author of Meeting Your Match. "But file social construct of men as breadwinners still influences the way some couples interact, and some women straggle with the idea that their guy is not stepping up."
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Regardless of the fact that many 20 and 30 something females are perfectly capable of paying their way, their annoyance is often more on principle. "We're more independent than ever, but many women today still want to feel taken care of," says Susan Axtell, PsyD, therapist in Beverly Hills, California.
Okay, hold on. Before we all come off sounding like shallow, money-grubbing girls who only want to ...
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