Unanswered Questions

Would You Support Your Spouse If She Chooses To Prioritize Career Over Marriage?

BY IYANDA   •   February 20, 2016   •   1 MIN READ

Sometimes life leaves us with very difficult decisions to make—decisions that could make or mar our home. If you are faced with going against your wife’s decision to choose and prioritize her career over her marriage to you, what would be your decision? Would you support her all the way and encourage her to pursue her career or kick against it?

The truth about these things is that they can sometimes leave us with very difficult decisions to make. Making the wrong decisions sometimes can lead to serious friction in the home; and sometimes leading to divorce or breakup as the case may be. Sometimes too, some women can take such decisions solely on the bases of how it affects them personally without showing much concern on how it affects the home. This leaves some men with no option but to kick against the decision, thereby leading to all sorts of arguments.

In a situation where the woman decides to take a job that doesn’t allow her to have kids or get pregnant for a certain period of time, what should a man who desperately want a kid do? Should he show understanding or insists that his wife throw in her resignation and look for another job.