@nobudgetbabe: A man is not a financial plan. You can be in your femininity, be a great mother and wife, while taking care of your economic future. I know we'd love to believe these stories of women stuck in horrible relationships, or broke and divorced are outliers - but the fact of the matter is 50% of marriages end in divorce, and abusive relationships don't start out that way. Your money is your freedom, your safety, and your security. And your unpaid labor in the home is valuable. Stop building up his accounts and assets while you sit back and tie your entire economic future to a single person. You need your own accounts. You need your own investments. Point blank period.