To ask what does your DH/DP do for a living?

[boxingdaysales]

Was married to someone for 6 years who did fuck all in or out of the house. He's very workshy and his lack of ambition and laziness killed any love I had for him. I couldn't respect him. Funny enough I was made to feel a 'gold digger' Never again.

So I'm just curious, what does your DH do for a living?

@boxingdaysales everyone on mumsnet is married to a millionaire apparently

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@LionelRitchieStoleMyNotebook yup, exactly what I was thinking! No normal jobs in sight, everyone is on the Forbes rich list by the sounds of it

Cyber security engineer

The same as me.

Stage Manager, former actor

Perhaps I should change my DP's job to 'sits in a field/up a hill' for hours on end with a flask of coffee and waits for something to happen. Most of the time his job is like watching paint dry.

Yep. Agree with pps. It s like those threads where we are asked how much we earn and everyone is over 70k a year

Mine helps the millionaires move house but will soon hopefully be an HGV driver.

Solicitor - works too many hours, doesn't earn half as much as people expect, pulls his weight more than I expect him to as I only work 30 hours and we have 1 dc9.

Army major.

Joiner

Freelance artist/photographer/writer.

Professor in a science subject so an ok amount of funding, I’m a retired academic librarian.

He’s retired early, so he sits on the riverbank or does the washing. He may go back and do some consultancy (building related) but he’s happy for now, and has supported me through breast cancer

Sales Manager (& earning well under £70k a year in response to the previous post ).

Why do you need to know how husbands or partners earn a living?

Surely the point is that your ex did fuck all, not that he did or did not do any particular job, so the lack of respect for him comes down to lack of work ethic, not earning potential.

Bricklayer

He's professionally qualified and earns more than double what I do, but I couldn't possibly say what either of us actually do on a public forum

Yeah most DHs on here seem to be loaded.

IT consultant, he loves it and gets paid well
I certainly enjoy the money aspect but when we got together I earned more than him and I’m the one who has encouraged him into his job.
Plus I set up our company originally and I get the contracts etc for him to do so I’m pretty sure I’m not a gold digger

Farmer 🐑

Mind you I’m not sure I’d call it a “living” as he works all hours yet doesn’t earn a living wage.

Computerised Engineer

Window cleaner, own company so earns a ok wage, similar to mine, I'm a teacher.
We are not rich but we are comfortable.

My dw is s support worker. I am too.