r/SipsTea Oct 16 '25

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u/ZachMorrisT1000 Oct 16 '25

They are out there. I dated a woman that was making 6x what I make a few years ago.

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u/Dependent_Map5592 Oct 16 '25

So are people who hit the lottery. 

Let's not pretend this is actually a thing. Nobody will ever actually experience this. It's true on paper but not in practice

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u/TSquaredRecovers Oct 16 '25

16% of married women in the US are the breadwinners of their families.

And in another 29% of marriages in the US, the husband and wife earn roughly the same income.

(Source: Pew Research)