Has anyone had a relationship with someone who is/was very successful in their career, very wealthy and you were just a regular woman with a regular job.

[LastNightMyPJsSavedMyLife]

I know it’s all a bit fairytale but I’m curious.

No but I'm holding out hope for the future

@LastNightMyPJsSavedMyLife It would be a nightmare for me and one I'd actively avoid; certainly not a 'fairytale"!

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Me

now ex husband (but I’m close friends with him), and he is very generous to both me and of course with what he gives me for our children. Money isn’t an issue and for that I’m truly grateful!

Most of mumsnet if you believe the hype. Most woman on here seem to be with men on six figure plus salaries and Big, Important Jobs that mean they can't take time off.

Not successful in his career as we were both students but my ex was from a very wealthy family. I'm a very working class gal. It didn't end well but I don't think the wealth disparity had anything to do with it

Not me, but my best friend. She’s never worked. She has a degree but isn’t qualified to do anything, not that she’s ever wanted to.

Her kids are grown and she has a lovely time playing golf most days and ‘doing lunch’ virtually every day. Happy as a clam.

I casually dated a multi millionaire for a while - I think he liked that it didn’t impress me! We both were single parents with similar aged kids although he home schooled from whatever glamorous location they happened to be in. It fizzled out as I am firmly routed with work and education and unable to travel as much as he was. It was fun though :)

But please don't start moaning if you have kids with this Big Important Man with Big Important Job only to find he just doesn't have the time for any housework or childcare and leaves it all to you.
I'd personally rather have a husband with a modest salary but who is a fully present father and partner.
Rarely the two shall meet I imagine.

@Judging Do you think she feels fulfilled though?

Yes, she has a very happy life. She definitely went through a phase of slight regret at being a SAHM a few years ago, but she’s accepted it now as we’re early 50s. They’ve also become significantly richer lately and that has definitely helped.

We both work full time. I'm the one with all the degrees (Bachelors, 2 Masters, doing a Doctorate). He left school at 16. He earns more than 4x my salary even though I'm senior in my field. We are fortunate to be set up for a comfortable retirement but DH has metastatic cancer and I will most likely be a widow before I retire 💔

My husband, but he wasn't rich when I met him 18 years ago. He did have a mortgage and a good job at 21 though, just worked up the ladder, ended up with his own company, sold said company and we ended up very wealthy.
Our lifestyle is all down to his success really, but I'll take it.
Yes I work, yes I have a pension blah blah.

My dh to some extent, I wouldn't say we are very wealthy but be earns 6 figures and is as senior as can be. Our situation is slightly different as we met young, we actually qualified together at Uni. I was ambitious too and the early years were very tough as I specialised in an area that was doing badly in the economy plus I never progressed while he raced ahead. Ironically my career failure served us well because i eventually gave up and was SAHM for a while. We were still struggling a bit financially at that time but dh got a massive promotion. To me this was not a coincidence that this happened weeks after he told his boss I was a sahm now. It means no more running off to collect kids and he was more available to travel and work late at short notice. If his ego ever got the better of him I'd remind him my sacrifice was his success. I felt like a failure sometimes, but also knew i was lucky. People who met us along the way assumed i gave up a big career for my kids, which was far from the truth. I retrained and am in a low paying sector now PT. He earns 8 or 9 times my salary. As he is getting more senior the hours have dropped a bit and he is home more so all domestic stuff doesn't fall to me although the management of it is usually me. We've always had joint accounts and what's his is mine. We've never fought over how to spend our money as we have similar principles and views.