So, I’ve heard many guys saying that they’re okay with marrying a girl who makes more than them. However, I think that they’re just saying that too “make a good impression”. Just want a guys perspective on this. What do you guys think?
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NEVER EVER
Re: Wife with a higher income??
qismat apnii apnii aur bisaat-e-kamaaii apnii apnii...is meN buraaii hii kia hai k biwii ziyaada kamaatii hai...achchhaa hai na k vo Khush rahegii. :)
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What’s wrong with that? 
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Never Ever!
Not universally speaking, but it's just me!
Why?
Good Money comes in with Commitment to career, always! unless its earned in a haram way.
Commitment requires alot of things, not limited to sacrifices, working late, working at unusual times, meeting and bearing unusual people, traveling to unsual places!
I am already engaged to one such commitment, I am very good at it, I've achieved a lot at very young age, now when I get back to home after managing professional commitment, I expect great deal of commitment made to me, by my better half! A special treatment (which I am getting btw).
I strongly believe two people in strong professional commitments don't go well, and have come across numerous examples. If they are getting along well, they just have very lower benchmarks of expectations.
My wife took it to next level, she is committed to give attention to my parents, and other places, where I can't due to my busy schedule! I realized this, when, after only two months in my marriage, she flew to Pakistan, on extremely short notice, to present her self on funeral of someone, I should have attended. Later I got a call from my cousins, telling me how grateful they were!
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I strongly believe two people in strong professional commitments don't go well, and have come across numerous examples. If they are getting along well, they just have very lower benchmarks of expectations.
My wife took it to next level, she is committed to give attention to my parents, and other places, where I can't due to my busy schedule! I realized this, when, after only two months in my marriage, she flew to Pakistan, on extremely short notice, to present her self on funeral of someone, I should have attended. Later I got a call from my cousins, telling me how grateful they were!
Alhumdullilah, looks like you found a keeper!
To answer op's question,
I don't mind, I want her to have her own career/something to fall back on and if she makes more than me, more power to her. If I don't have a job, she can cover, if I die, she can continue living. I also understand from an islamic standpoint her money is her money. I have no control over it. Whatever she chooses to do with it is her thing. Khadijah was bankin when Prophet Mohammed (SAW) married her as well.
Although, I would like her to take care of the kids until they start going to school though, and what Bakhabar said about professional commitents is true. Once you start in a company if your a supervisor or manager more responsibility and more commitments are given to you which might directly conflict with your family commitments.
But what do I know really?..I'm still looking and haven't really been married yet, I might have an idealistic view of things.
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I've noticed in the South Asian community that money equates to power. This includes power to get what one desires, power of influence, and power over other people. In marriages, sometimes the primary income earner believes that he or she has power over the other spouse. The primary income earner makes all of the decisions about where the family goes, what the spouse does, and determines the family dynamics. The spouse (usually the wife) who makes less money ends up at the mercy of the spouse who makes more. So, in my opinion, husbands just want more power over their wives. Anyways, this topic just came up in lecture in uni yesterday so I just thought I would get your opinions :)