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Would you date a workaholic? [DuckDuckGo Sociology] (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

Some folks are looking for that though, they just want someone to give them money and mostly leave them alone by working all the time.

They have different definition of happiness and typically are looking for material comfort more than romantic fulfillment. Like, their ideal relationship is someone who works 80 hours a week, and they only spend time together on vacations and such and the working person pays all the bills for them.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    This is definitely a gendered dynamic. I'd feel like a freeloading piece of shit doing that, and I'd have plenty of social support in feeling that way.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    fwiw I know one couple where the guy is the freeloader. but his entire life he has been that way, he never once had a job and before his wife paid his bills his parents paid for them until he was like 35. and she is a workaholic who makes about 400K a year, just like his parents...

    but yeah that's NOT the norm, typically it's the other way. #1 complain of women in dating is men don't make enough to be providers for them anymore.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 3 months ago

    I haven't seen that in any list of complaints about men, but I'm sure the women who are looking to be tradwives are having a harder time. That said, the results for "am I dating someone cheap?" does not include any coping tips (to put it mildly).

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