took me about a decade of being in a marriage trying to shoulder the load that it got to be too much. My wife went back to work after our kids got big enough and its been good since. Its much easier with dual incomes right now and she always goes half with me on most things. Otherwise, its understood give and take where she might spend 2-3 hundred shopping but I pay for the family gym membership 250. NGL- my woman holds it down and is only getting better with age she bossing up.
Bolded is key, man. People talk about the ideal of being the sole provider, but forget that that shyt has real world effects on the provider. For a lot of folks, it leads to getting overwhelmed like you mentioned. For others, they stop seeing them as their wife, and another responsibility or obligation. shyt isn't conducive to creating long term healthy relationships as a guaranteed result.



